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CVE-2023-49061 (GCVE-0-2023-49061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-21 14:28 – Updated: 2024-08-02 21:46
VLAI
Summary
An attacker could have performed HTML template injection via Reader Mode and exfiltrated user information. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 120.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • HTML injection in %READER-BYLINE% of ReaderMode
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox for iOS Affected: unspecified , < 120 (custom)
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Credits
Muneaki Nishimura
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