CVE-2021-23969
What it is
As specified in the W3C Content Security Policy draft, when creating a violation report, "User agents need to ensure that the source file is the URL requested by the page, pre-redirects. If that’s not possible, user agents need to strip the URL down to an origin to avoid unintentional leakage." Under certain types of redirects, Firefox incorrectly set the source file to be the destination of the redirects. This was fixed to be the redirect destination's origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86, Thunderbird < 78.8, and Firefox ESR < 78.8.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Mozilla Firefox < 86.0
- Mozilla Firefox Esr < 78.8
- Mozilla Thunderbird < 78.8
- Debian Linux 9.0
- Debian Linux 10.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2021-23969.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2021-23969. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542194
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542194
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542194
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542194
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/