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CVE-2023-37206 (GCVE-0-2023-37206)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-05 09:02 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:56
VLAI
Summary
Uploading files which contain symlinks may have allowed an attacker to trick a user into submitting sensitive data to a malicious website. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Insufficient validation of symlinks in the FileSystem API
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 115 (custom)
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Credits
Ameen Basha M K
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