# CVE-2008-7293: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can overwrite or delete HTTPS cookies via HTTP responses due to missing HSTS enforcement in older Firefox versions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Aug 2011
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-87wr-93m4-5rjf

## What is CVE-2008-7293?

CVE-2008-7293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Aug 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 4 cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7293?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Firefox.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-7293?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-7293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

- [CVE-2019-11708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11708/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3765/): Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26486/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26485/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-11707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11707/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-7293 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-7293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Aug 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7293/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7293/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7293
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7293
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-7293

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