Description
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
- http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdfExploit
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
- http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdfExploit
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 7, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified