CVE-2023-25729

UNKNOWN

Published 2023-06-02T00:00:00

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CVSS Score

V3.1

8.8

/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score Metrics

Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01

0.002

probability

of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25

Exploit Probability

Percentile: 0.581

Higher than 58.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Description

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.