Low severity3.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-4579
CVE-2023-4579
Description
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.
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Affected products
6unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <117
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <117.0
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:apk/chainguard/firefox-esr
< 117.0-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 117.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 117.0-r0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10nvd
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