CVE-2019-11724: mozilla firefox Incorrect Authorization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-11724 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 11Timeline
- 23-07-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Application permissions give additional remote troubleshooting permission to the site input.mozilla.org, which has been retired and now redirects to another site. This additional permission is unnecessary and is a potential vector for malicious attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.13% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu3 products
- firefox< 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 68 | < 68.0
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL15.0 | 15.1
3 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory