# CVE-2020-26979: When a user typed a URL in the address bar or the search bar and quickly hit the enter key, a website could sometimes capture that event and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 84
- Published: 2021-01-07 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 84

## Description

When a user typed a URL in the address bar or the search bar and quickly hit the enter key, a website could sometimes capture that event and then redirect the user before navigation occurred to the desired, entered address. To construct a convincing spoof the attacker would have had to guess what the user was typing, perhaps by suggesting it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (84) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1641287%2C1673299

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