CVE - CVE-2021-23972

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-23972	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
One phishing tactic on the web is to provide a link with HTTP Auth. For example 'https://www.phishingtarget.com@evil.com'. 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.
References
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GENTOO:GLSA-202104-10 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683536 URL:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683536 MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20210113	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20210113)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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