Mozilla: <meta name="referrer"> is ignored for navigations from the context menu and via a middle-click (MFSA 2015-49)
Published May 14, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.89%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01891) | 78.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01904) | 76.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00519) | 64.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 69.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00519) | 64.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00299) | 70.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00299) | 68.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00299) | 64.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2711 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220603 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2711
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2711
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2711 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220603 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2711 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2711 |
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