When a user loaded a Web Extensions context menu, the Web Extension could access the post-redirect URL of the element clicked. If the Web Extension lacked the WebRequest permission for the hosts involved in the redirect, this would be a same-origin-violation leaking data the Web Extension should have access to. This was fixed to provide the pre-redirect URL. This is related to CVE-2021-43532 but in the context of Web Extensions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1659155 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/ Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2021-12-08T21:20:58

Updated: 2021-12-08T21:20:58

Reserved: 2021-11-08T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-43531

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-12-08T22:15:09.310

Modified: 2021-12-10T16:55:28.263


Link: CVE-2021-43531

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