A malicious extension with the 'search' permission could have installed a new search engine whose favicon referenced a cross-origin URL. The response to this cross-origin request could have been read by the extension, allowing a same-origin policy bypass by the extension, which should not have cross-origin permissions. This cross-origin request was made without cookies, so the sensitive information disclosed by the violation was limited to local-network resources or resources that perform IP-based authentication. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2021-03-31T13:41:04
Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.955Z
Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-23986
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-03-31T14:15:19.343
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:09.577
Link: CVE-2021-23986
Redhat
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