CVE-2023-6211
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-21 14:28
Modified
2024-08-02 08:21
Severity ?
Summary
If an attacker needed a user to load an insecure http: page and knew that user had enabled HTTPS-only mode, the attacker could have tricked the user into clicking to grant an HTTPS-only exception if they could get the user to participate in a clicking game. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 120.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1850200Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1850200Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-49/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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