CVE-2023-28161 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 111. It allowed "one-time" permissions, like camera access, granted to a document loaded via a file: URL to persist for all other documents loaded from file: URLs within the same tab, posing a risk if local files originated from diverse sources. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into interacting with a malicious file. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 111.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 111CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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