CVE-2020-15660
Published: 20 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-15660 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Mozilla Geckodriver. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-7647
Vulnerability details
Missing checks on Content-Type headers in geckodriver before 0.27.0 could lead to a CSRF vulnerability, that might, when paired with a specifically prepared request, lead to remote code execution.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.