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GHSA-9897-H6F7-GVH5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:16 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:16

Details

If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "" elements instead of one. One of these requests includes the referrer instead of respecting the set policy to not include a referrer on requests. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2017-7842 (GCVE-0-2017-7842)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:19

Summary

If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "<link>" elements instead of one. One of these requests includes the referrer instead of respecting the set policy to not include a referrer on requests. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Referrer Policy is not always respected for <link> elements

Assigner

mozilla CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 504 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 57 (custom)

Date Public

2017-11-14 00:00

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