Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2023-4579
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-4579?
- CVE-2023-4579 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2023-09-11.
- How severe is CVE-2023-4579?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.