CVE-2011-4688 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2011-4688?

CVE-2011-4688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 7 Dec 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 8.0.1 and earlier does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine whether a document exists in the browser cache via crafted JavaScript code.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4688?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4688?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4688 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-4688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mp2h-wg49-xrpx.