CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-25729
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 110.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 102.8)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 102.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required