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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2021-23956 json

An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory.

published 2021-02-26 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-10877

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory. This was addressed by adding a new prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 85.0
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 85.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23956

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +8 more 85.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 85.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-23956

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox Arch Linux 85.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1492

Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338637 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.