CVE-2023-4579

Persisted search terms were formatted as URLs

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Published Sep 11, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 117

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-6320-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.451% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/

History

Dec 18, 2025 3:30 PM Title updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Persisted search terms were formatted as URLs

Oct 11, 2024 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Dec 18, 2025, 3:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: Sep 11, 2023, 8:01 AM
Updated: Dec 18, 2025, 3:23 PM
Reserved: Aug 29, 2023, 3:36 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:31 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:31 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 11, 2023, 9:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

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