CVE-2020-6823 (NVD)

2020-04-24

A malicious extension could have called <code>browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow</code>, controlling the redirect_uri, and through the Promise returned, obtain the Auth code and gain access to the user's account at the service provider. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.

Products Firefox
Type Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-12/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1614919