CVE-2023-23598
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CVE-2023-23598 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.. EPSS estimates a 0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 109.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 102.7 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 102.7 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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