CVE-2021-23969

Description

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.

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.81% Top 30%
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Affected: Mozilla Firefox
Affected: Mozilla Thunderbird
Affected: Mozilla Firefox ESR
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ release notes vendor advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-09/ release notes vendor advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-08/ release notes vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542194 vendor advisory issue tracking permissions required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00000.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4866 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-23969?
CVE-2021-23969 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-23969?
To fix CVE-2021-23969, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-23969 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-23969 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-23969?
CVE-2021-23969 affects Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox ESR.
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