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CVE-2008-7293

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.8 Published: 2011-08-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 4 cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla Firefox

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References