VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-22754
If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.64%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.