7.4
HIGH
CVE-2019-9803
"Firefox Content Security Policy Upgrade-Insecure-Requests Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability"
Description

The Upgrade-Insecure-Requests (UIR) specification states that if UIR is enabled through Content Security Policy (CSP), navigation to a same-origin URL must be upgraded to HTTPS. Firefox will incorrectly navigate to an HTTP URL rather than perform the security upgrade requested by the CSP in some circumstances, allowing for potential man-in-the-middle attacks on the linked resources. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

INFO

Published Date :

April 26, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 30, 2019, 11:51 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9803 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-9803.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437009 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515863 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-upgrade-insecure-requests/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-9803 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437009 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437009 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-upgrade-insecure-requests/ No Types Assigned https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-upgrade-insecure-requests/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515863 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515863 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-346
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 66.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.16 }} 0.05%

score

0.51400

percentile

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