cve-2023-4579
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-11 08:01
Modified
2025-02-13 17:14
Severity ?
Summary
Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/Vendor Advisory
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