CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2019-11747
The "Forget about this site" feature in the History pane is intended to remove all saved user data that indicates a user has visited a site. This includes removing any HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) settings received from sites that use it. Due to a bug, sites on the pre-load list also have their HSTS setting removed. On the next visit to that site if the user specifies an http: URL rather than secure https: they will not be protected by the pre-loaded HSTS setting. After that visit the site's HSTS setting will be restored. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 67% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-665
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mozilla:firefox
- mozilla:firefox_esr
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1564481
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/