CVE-2021-23972 (GCVE-0-2021-23972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-26 01:54 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:14
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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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • HTTP Auth phishing warning was omitted when a redirect is cached
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Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: < 86
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