CVE-2009-1311 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can steal sensitive POST data from web pages via a crafted frame during file saves, requiring user interaction.

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

What is CVE-2009-1311?

CVE-2009-1311 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 22 Apr 2009. 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 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allow user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a web page with an embedded frame, which causes POST data from an outer page to be sent to the inner frame's URL during a SAVEMODE_FILEONLY save of the inner frame.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1311?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1311?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-1311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6jvr-wqq8-f5hr.

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