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CVE-2015-7193

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl
7.5
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 improperly follow the CORS cross-origin request algorithm for the POST method in situations involving an unspecified Content-Type header manipulation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy by leveraging the lack of a preflight-request step.

How to fix

Remediation Available
firefoxUbuntu
Fixed in:42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2785-1
thunderbirdUbuntu
Fixed in:1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2819-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days
85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

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