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CVE-2008-1238

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-03-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Seamonkey

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References