Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-22754 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
mozilla
CWE-863

Summary

If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mozilla
1380

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)