Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 mishandles changes from 'INPUT type="password"' to 'INPUT type="text"' within a single Session Manager session, which might allow attackers to discover cleartext passwords by reading a session restoration file.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade libxul | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 74 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0 | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox | Aug 22, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Aug 6, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
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