CVE-2021-29965

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2021 at 01:14 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

A malicious website that causes an HTTP Authentication dialog to be spawned could trick the built-in password manager to suggest passwords for the currently active website instead of the website that triggered the dialog. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 89v < 89.0
Affected range stops below 89, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 89.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1709257
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-610

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