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CVE-2019-11747 json

The "Forget about this site" feature in the History pane is intended to remove all saved user data that indicates a user has visited a site.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3417

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The "Forget about this site" feature in the History pane is intended to remove all saved user data that indicates a user has visited a site. This includes removing any HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) settings received from sites that use it. Due to a bug, sites on the pre-load list also have their HSTS setting removed. On the next visit to that site if the user specifies an http: URL rather than secure https: they will not be protected by the pre-loaded HSTS setting. After that visit the site's HSTS setting will be restored. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 69
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 68.1
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 68.1.0esr-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11747

  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11747

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  • firefox RHEL 8 68.1.0-1.el8_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2663

  • 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
  • MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 68.1.0-3.54.2
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 68-4.8.5
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2019:2620-1SUSE-SU-2019:2545-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.0 68.1.0-lp150.3.66.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.1.0-lp151.2.14.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2260-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2251-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 69.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1036

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11747 updated cvss 6.5

Mozilla: 'Forget about this site' removes sites from pre-loaded HSTS list

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 68.1.0-1.el8_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2663
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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