CVE-2023-4579

Published Sep 11, 2023

Last updated 10 months ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: security@mozilla.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.1
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 1.6
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: LOW

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "97397EB0-B9CD-4C1F-B2DC-92F03D4DC61B",
            "versionEndExcluding": "117.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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