CVE•Published 2023-06-02•Modified 2026-10-24•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-25734Mozilla · Firefox
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
55
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 45% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
After downloading a Windows <code>.url</code> shortcut from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.
Timeline
Published 2023-06-02
Modified 2026-10-24
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-25734Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Mozilla Firefox"All exposed Mozilla Firefox instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Firefox"HTTP body or banner mentions "Firefox" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-25734Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-25734Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-25734Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-25734GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-25734" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2023-257342 repos
mrhenrike/EmbedXPL-ForgeC
Embedded Device Security Assessment Framework — 700 modules, 350 CVEs, 55 vendors, APT Group Engine. Covers routers, IP cameras, GPON ONTs, ISP CPEs, IoT/embedded edge.
mrhenrike/WirelessXPL-ForgePython
Wireless attack surface & lab orchestration — PCAP, Wi-Fi, BLE, AWDL, rogue AP, mesh, Bruce wardriving. pip: wirelessxpl. BSD-3-Clause.