Improper Authentication Affecting Firefox package, versions [,133)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-8441562
  • published27 Nov 2024
  • disclosed26 Nov 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2024-11703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 133 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to improper security checks during the authentication process. An attacker can view saved passwords without the required device PIN authentication by exploiting this security oversight.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1