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CVE-2016-5260
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-05T01:59:16.033 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:04.340

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 mishandles changes from 'INPUT type="password"' to 'INPUT type="text"' within a single Session Manager session, which might allow attackers to discover cleartext passwords by reading a session restoration file.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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References

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