CVE-2009-1311 Information disclosure in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6jvr-wqq8-f5hr.