CVE-2023-5496

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 10, 2023
Updated: May 17, 2024
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-5496 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the Translator PoqDev Add-On 1.0.11 on Firefox. This issue, which carries a problematic rating, is related to the manipulation of the Select Text Handler component. The vulnerability exposes users to cross-site scripting attacks, which can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is relatively high, and its exploitation is known to be difficult, but the exploit has been made public. The vendor, PoqDev, was notified about this disclosure but did not respond. An identifier, VDB-241649, has been assigned to this vulnerability.

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