Vulnerability in Mailvelope

CVE-2019-9147

Mailvelope prior to 3.1.0 is vulnerable to a clickjacking attack against the settings page. As the settings page is intended to be accessible from web applications, the browser's extension isolation mechanisms are disabled (web_accessible_resources). Mailvelope implements additional measures to prevent web applications from directly embedding the settings page, but this mechanism can be bypassed.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9147?
CVE-2019-9147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mailvelope, classified under Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (Clickjacking). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-9147?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.