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CVE-2023-23598

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.64%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-06-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Firefox.

CVE
CVE-2023-23598
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.64%
Firefox

Original NVD 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.

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