Closed
Bug 404804
Opened 17 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
There is no security on ****** password fields, can easily be sniffed by javascript
Categories
(Firefox :: Security, defect)
Firefox
Security
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 352761
People
(Reporter: gabrielwhite, Unassigned)
References
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Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9
There is a bookmarklet that can reveal passwords in ****** password fields
http://aksn1p3r.blogspot.com/2007/07/firefox-asterisk-revealer.html
This is a significant security risk for people who are using the password manager to manage their passwords.
The ability to reveal passwords should be disabled.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
See http://aksn1p3r.blogspot.com/2007/07/firefox-asterisk-revealer.html for details.
Actual Results:
Passwords can be revealed
Expected Results:
Passwords should not be revealed
Updated•17 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 2•17 years ago
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That bookmarklet works on all modern browsers, I've even seen some bank sites design their logins to require that functionality.
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