CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects Firefox.
CVE
CVE-2023-25729
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.68%
Firefox
Original NVD Description
Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.
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