PT-2020-7209 · Mozilla · Browserid

Kurt Seifried · Published 2020-01-09 · Updated 2020-01-27 · CVE-2012-2714

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BrowserID (Mozilla Persona) module versions 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users via the audience identifier. This is a problem where an attacker can take control of another user's authentication.

Recommendations For BrowserID (Mozilla Persona) module versions 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3, update to version 7.x-1.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the authentication mechanism until the update is applied.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2714

Affected Products

Browserid

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2714 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/3 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/9079 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53673 · Note
• http://drupal.org/node/1597414 · Note
• https://drupal.org/node/1596464 · Note