CVE-2023-4579

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    CVE-2023-4579

    Published: 11 Sept 2023Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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