# CVE-2011-2990: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can steal proxy-authorization credentials from CSP violation reports in Firefox and SeaMonkey via crafted redirects.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wg36-2chp-pmhr

## What is CVE-2011-2990?

CVE-2011-2990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 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

The implementation of Content Security Policy (CSP) violation reports in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, and possibly other products does not remove proxy-authorization credentials from the listed request headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading a report, related to incorrect host resolution that occurs with certain redirects.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2990?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-2990?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2011-2990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2011-2990 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-2990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 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-2011-2990 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-2011-2990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2990/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2990
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2990
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2990

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