Mozilla Firefox up to 108 Developer Tools Panel command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 108. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Developer Tools Panel. The manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-23599. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 108 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function of the component Developer Tools Panel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

When copying a network request from the developer tools panel as a curl command the output was not being properly sanitized and could allow arbitrary commands to be hidden within. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Firefox ESR < 102.7, and Thunderbird < 102.7.

The weakness was presented 01/17/2023 by Vadim as Bug 1777800 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

When copying a network request from the developer tools panel as a curl command the output was not being properly sanitized and could allow arbitrary commands to be hidden within.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-23599. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 12/18/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading to version 109 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-27699). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 109

Timelineinfo

01/16/2023 🔍
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01/19/2023 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1777800
Researcher: Vadim
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2023-23599 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23599
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218988
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2023 14:18
Updated: 12/18/2025 18:10
Changes: 01/19/2023 14:18 (14), 01/19/2023 14:19 (3), 01/19/2023 14:22 (29), 02/15/2023 12:46 (1), 10/14/2025 05:00 (16), 12/18/2025 18:10 (12)
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