Privileged URL access via Referrer key disclosure
Published Dec 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Information exposure in Firefox for iOS before 102 allows remote attackers to obtain a secret UUID key through a crafted web page. ReaderViewLoading.html omits a restrictive referrer policy, so loading an original page sends an internal URL containing the UUID key in the Referrer header. Exploitation requires a user to open a crafted Reader View flow and load the original page; the disclosed key permits access to privileged internal URLs.
Summary
What happened
Information exposure in Firefox for iOS before 102 allows remote attackers to obtain a secret UUID key through a crafted web page. ReaderViewLoading.html omits a restrictive referrer policy, so loading an original page sends an internal URL containing the UUID key in the Referrer header. Exploitation requires a user to open a crafted Reader View flow and load the original page; the disclosed key permits access to privileged internal URLs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-31746
- Published
- Dec 22, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox for iOS
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <102
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- UUID-key stealing proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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