Same Origin Policy bypass vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox or Firefox ESR by leveraging the lack of a preflight-request step - MFSA2015-127ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:31584 | Date: (C)2015-11-24 (M)2024-03-27 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
The host is missing an important security update according to Mozilla advisory, MFSA2015-127. The update is reqiored to fix a same origin policy bypass vulnerability. A flaw is present in the applications, which fail to properly follow the CORS cross-origin request algorithm for the POST method in situations involving an unspecified Content-Type header manipulation. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by leveraging the lack of a preflight-request step.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Product: |
Mozilla Firefox ESR |
Mozilla Firefox |