CVE-2023-4047 Cross-site request forgery in Firefox

What is CVE-2023-4047?

CVE-2023-4047 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Aug 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

A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4047?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2023-4047?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2023-4047 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4047 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4047, GHSA-rmgx-g94r-75jg, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4047.