CVE-2020-12394 — A logic flaw in our location bar implementation could have allowed a local attac

A logic flaw in our location bar implementation could have allowed a local attacker to spoof the current location by selecting a different origin and removing focus from the input element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 76.

01What is this vulnerability?

A logic flaw in our location bar implementation could have allowed a local attacker to spoof the current location by selecting a different origin and removing focus from the input element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 76.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-26T17:00:25.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:56:52.053Z

09References

• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
• bugzilla.mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1628288
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-04