CVE-2023-6210 (GCVE-0-2023-6210)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-21 14:28 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:26
VLAI
Summary
When an https: web page created a pop-up from a "javascript:" URL, that pop-up was incorrectly allowed to load blockable content such as iframes from insecure http: URLs This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Mixed-content resources not blocked in a javascript: pop-up
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 120 (custom)
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Credits
Godson Bastin
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