Is CVE-2021-23972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-23972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-23972?

CVE-2021-23972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-23972?

CVE-2021-23972 has an EPSS score of 1.01% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-23972?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 86.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-23972

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

One phishing tactic on the web is to provide a link with HTTP Auth. For example 'https://[email protected]'. To mitigate this type of attack, Firefox will display a warning dialog; however, this warning dialog would not have been displayed if evil.com used a redirect that was cached by the browser. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86.

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:86.0-1CVE-2021-23972

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-4756-1

Fixed in:86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-4756-1

Fixed in:86.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-4756-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:86.0Fixed in:86.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:86.0Fixed in:86.0Mozilla

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

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