high 8.8

CVE-2019-11712 json

POST requests made by NPAPI plugins, such as Flash, that receive a status 308 redirect response can bypass CORS requirements.

published 2019-07-23 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3382

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

POST requests made by NPAPI plugins, such as Flash, that receive a status 308 redirect response can bypass CORS requirements. This can allow an attacker to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 distros 7

Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.8
Mozilla Firefox 68
Mozilla Thunderbird 60.8

debian ubuntu red hat suse opensuse alpine arch linux

firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 60.8.0esr-1
thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:60.8.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11712

firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11712

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thunderbird RHEL 6 60.8.0-1.el6_10
thunderbird RHEL 7 60.8.0-1.el7_6
thunderbird RHEL 8 60.8.0-1.el8_0
firefox RHEL 8 60.8.0-1.el8_0
firefox RHEL 7 60.8.0-1.el7_6
firefox RHEL 6 60.8.0-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1777 RHSA-2019:1775 RHSA-2019:1799 RHSA-2019:1764 RHSA-2019:1763 RHSA-2019:1765

MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +18 more 68.1.0-109.89.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +16 more 68-32.8.1
MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 15 68.1.1-3.51.1
MozillaFirefox SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3-BCL, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +15 more 60.8.0-109.83.3
mozilla-nss SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3-BCL, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +15 more 3.44.1-58.28.1
MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 15 60.8.0-3.46.2
MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 60.8.0-3.51.4
mozilla-nss SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 3.44.1-3.16.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1 SUSE-SU-2019:2620-1 SUSE-SU-2019:2515-1 SUSE-SU-2019:1861-2 SUSE-SU-2019:1960-1 SUSE-SU-2019:1869-1

firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.1.1-lp151.2.13.1
enigmail openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.1.2-lp151.2.6.1
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.0 68.1.1-lp150.3.51.1
enigmail openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.1.2-lp150.34.1
MozillaThunderbird Package Hub 12 60.8.0-88.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2249-1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2248-1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1990-1

firefox-esr Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9 60.8.0-r0
firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +10 more 68.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-11712

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firefox Arch Linux 68.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1002

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11712 updated 2026-11-04 cvss 8.8

Mozilla: Cross-origin POST requests can be made with NPAPI plugins by following 308 redirects

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 60.8.0-1.el8_0, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el8_0
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1763
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1765
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1763
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1775
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1765
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1763

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1765
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1763
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1765
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6, thunderbird 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1763
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.8.0-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1765
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 60.8.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1763

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Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html
vendor-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html
vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201908-12
vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201908-20
vendor-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html
vendor-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
vendor-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/
vendor-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/
vendor-advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1543804
issue-tracking, permissions-required, vendor-advisory
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html
mailing-list
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-11712
NVD CVE-2019-11712

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