High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-6809
CVE-2020-6809
Description
When a Web Extension had the all-urls permission and made a fetch request with a mode set to 'same-origin', it was possible for the Web Extension to read local files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 74.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <74.0
- (no CPE)range: <74
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 92.0-1.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
Patches
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References
2- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/nvdVendor Advisory
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