What is CVE-2020-6824?

CVE-2020-6824 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2020-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-6824?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2020-6824

Initially, a user opens a Private Browsing Window and generates a password for a site, then closes the Private Browsing Window but leaves Firefox open. Subsequently, if the user had opened a new Private Browsing Window, revisited the same site, and generated a new password - the generated passwords would have been identical, rather than independent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6824?: CVE-2020-6824 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2020-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-6824?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.