CVE-2023-5758 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

When opening a page in reader mode, the redirect URL could have caused attacker-controlled script to execute in a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 119.

Published: 2023-10-24

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox for iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 119

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58043	When opening a page in reader mode, the redirect URL could have caused attacker-controlled script to execute in a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 119.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00297.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1850019
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-48/

History

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-10-24T20:11:15.306Z

Updated: 2025-06-12T15:00:36.041Z

Reserved: 2023-10-24T19:08:44.980Z

Link: CVE-2023-5758

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.665Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:45.037

Modified: 2025-06-12T15:15:34.603

Link: CVE-2023-5758

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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