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CVE-2023-5729 (GCVE-0-2023-5729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-24 12:47 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:25
VLAI
Summary
A malicious web site can enter fullscreen mode while simultaneously triggering a WebAuthn prompt. This could have obscured the fullscreen notification and could have been leveraged in a spoofing attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 119.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Fullscreen notification dialog could have been obscured by WebAuthn prompts
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 119 (custom)
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Credits
Shaheen Fazim
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