CVE-2021-23972
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Summary
One phishing tactic on the web is to provide a link with HTTP Auth. For example 'https://www.phishingtarget.com@evil.com'. To mitigate this type of attack, Firefox will display a warning dialog; however, this warning dialog would not have been displayed if evil.com used a redirect that was cached by the browser. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 86 | affected |
Weaknesses
- HTTP Auth phishing warning was omitted when a redirect is cached
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683536
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683536
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
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