CVE-2023-23599 (GCVE-0-2023-23599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-18 15:22
VLAI
Title
Malicious command could be hidden in devtools output on Windows
Summary
When copying a network request from the developer tools panel as a curl command the output was not being properly sanitized and could allow arbitrary commands to be hidden within. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 109 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 102.7 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 102.7 (custom)
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Credits
Vadim
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