CVE-2020-26954
MediumCVSS 4.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs
Summary
When accepting a malicious intent from other installed apps, Firefox for Android accepted manifests from arbitrary file paths and allowed declaring webapp manifests for other origins. This could be used to gain fullscreen access for UI spoofing and could also lead to cross-origin attacks on targeted websites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could exploit this to conduct phishing or cross-origin attacks, potentially compromising user security and data.
Recommendation
Update Firefox for Android to version 83 or later to remediate the vulnerability.
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- CVE-2026-16373High
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- CVE-2025-6431Medium
When a link can be opened in an external application, Firefox for Android will, by default, prompt the user before doing so. An attacker could have bypassed this prompt, potentially exposing the user to security vulnerabilities or privacy leaks in external applications. This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140.
Original NVD description (English source)
When accepting a malicious intent from other installed apps, Firefox for Android accepted manifests from arbitrary file paths and allowed declaring webapp manifests for other origins. This could be used to gain fullscreen access for UI spoofing and could also lead to cross-origin attacks on targeted websites. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS