CVE-2019-9803
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.4)—
The Upgrade-Insecure-Requests (UIR) specification states that if UIR is enabled through Content Security Policy (CSP), navigation to a same-origin URL must be upgraded to HTTPS. Firefox will incorrectly navigate to an HTTP URL rather than perform the security upgrade requested by the CSP in some circumstances, allowing for potential man-in-the-middle attacks on the linked resources. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Base score: 7.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.56%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 45
- Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-346
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437009
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515863
- https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-upgrade-insecure-requests/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437009
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515863
- https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-upgrade-insecure-requests/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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