Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2023 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2023-23600Notification permissions persisted between Normal and Private Browsing on Android

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Per origin notification permissions were being stored in a way that didn't take into account what browsing context the permission was granted in. This lead to the possibility of notifications to be displayed during different browsing sessions. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 109

References