6.5

CVE-2023-28160: mozilla firefox Forced Browsing

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28160
Published 02-06-2023Last modified 09-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-28160 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Forced Browsing vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.51%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12839-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1SUSE-SU-2023:0728-1SUSE-SU-2023:0763-1SUSE-SU-2023:0835-1USN-5954-1

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When following a redirect to a publicly accessible web extension file, the URL may have been translated to the actual local path, leaking potentially sensitive information. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

42%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.51% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.51%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • firefox< 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 111.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs78All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 111 | < 111.0

2 vendors · 7 products

References

6 links