First published: Thu Sep 24 2015(Updated: )
Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allow remote attackers to bypass CORS preflight protection mechanisms by leveraging (1) duplicate cache-key generation or (2) retrieval of a value from an incorrect HTTP Access-Control-* response header.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.1.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.1.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.2.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.2.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | <=40.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.1.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.1.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.2.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =38.2.1 |
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CVE-2015-4520 has been assigned a medium severity level due to its potential to allow unauthorized access to resources.
To remediate CVE-2015-4520, users should update Mozilla Firefox to version 41.0 or later, or Firefox ESR to version 38.3 or later.
CVE-2015-4520 affects Mozilla Firefox versions before 41.0 and Firefox ESR versions before 38.3.
CVE-2015-4520 allows remote attackers to bypass CORS preflight protections through method exploitation.
Users of vulnerable versions of Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR are at risk from CVE-2015-4520.