CVE-2023-37206 Path traversal in Firefox

What is CVE-2023-37206?

CVE-2023-37206 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 5 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Uploading files which contain symlinks may have allowed an attacker to trick a user into submitting sensitive data to a malicious website. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37206?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37206?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-37206 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37206 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gwxw-rj4r-jxqv, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37206.