CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-22754
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 97.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 91.6)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 91.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ Vendor Advisory