CVE-2023-25729 — Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>Conten

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions su

01What is this vulnerability?

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird <…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	unspecified
Mozilla	Thunderbird	unspecified
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	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: 2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-10T17:35:40.802Z

09References

• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/
• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/
• www.mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/
• bugzilla.mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138