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GHSA-7369-X5Q2-RH2M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-06 15:30 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:30

Details

It was possible for a web extension with minimal permissions to create a StreamFilter which could be used to read and modify the response body of requests on any site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 115.14, and Firefox ESR < 128.1.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-7369-x5q2-rh2m",
  "modified": "2024-08-07T00:30:47Z",
  "published": "2024-08-06T15:30:53Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-33"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-34"
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      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-35"
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      "type": "WEB",
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CVE-2024-7525 (GCVE-0-2024-7525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-06 12:38 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:21

Summary

It was possible for a web extension with minimal permissions to create a `StreamFilter` which could be used to read and modify the response body of requests on any site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 115.14, Firefox ESR < 128.1, Thunderbird < 128.1, and Thunderbird < 115.14.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-06 19:11 UTC

CWE

Missing permission check when creating a StreamFilter
CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

mozilla CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 546 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1909298
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…

Impacted products

7 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 129 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 115.14 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 128.1 (custom)
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 128.1 (custom)
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 115.14 (custom)
mozilla	firefox	Affected: 0 , < 129 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
mozilla	firefox_esr	Affected: 0 , < 115.14 (custom) Affected: 0 , < 128.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

Credits

Rob Wu

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