CVE-2023-23598

Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1800425	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

History

23 Oct 2026, 23:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Debido al uso por parte del código envoltorio GTK de Firefox de text/plain para datos de arrastre y a que GTK trata todos los MIME text/plain que contienen URL de archivo como si estuvieran siendo arrastrados, un sitio web podría leer arbitrariamente un archivo mediante una llamada a 'DataTransfer.setData'. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR anterior a 102.7 y Thunderbird anterior a 102.7.

Information

Published : 2023-06-02 17:15

Updated : 2026-10-23 23:10

NVD link : CVE-2023-23598

Mitre link : CVE-2023-23598

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-23598

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr
thunderbird

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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