CVE-2015-2711

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 does not recognize a referrer policy delivered by a referrer META element in cases of context-menu navigation and middle-click navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading web-server Referer logs that contain private data in a URL, as demonstrated by a private path component.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 14, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-2711: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix