CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-1238

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-03-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (<= 2.0.0.12) • mozilla seamonkey (<= 1.1.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References