CVE-2023-4579

low-risk
Published 2023-09-11

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.17% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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3
CVSS 3.1/10 Low
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

17
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low-risk
Severity 11/34 · Low
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal