CVE-2019-11725 Security feature bypass in Firefox

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass Safebrowsing protections by loading unsafe resources via WebSockets, allowing malicious content to load despite warnings.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-11725?

CVE-2019-11725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 23 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

When a user navigates to site marked as unsafe by the Safebrowsing API, warning messages are displayed and navigation is interrupted but resources from the same site loaded through websockets are not blocked, leading to the loading of unsafe resources and bypassing safebrowsing protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11725?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11725?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-11725 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11725 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8h36-rwvg-grvq, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11725.

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