# CVE-2023-4579: Persisted search terms were formatted as URLs

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 117
- Published: 2023-09-11 · Updated: 2025-12-18

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 117

## Description

Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (117) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/

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