CVE-2019-9149 describes a vulnerability in Mailvelope prior to version 3.3.0, allowing attackers to perform private key operations without user interaction. By manipulating a URL parameter, an attacker could sign or encrypt arbitrary messages if the private key password was cached, and decrypt messages when using the GnuPG backend. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mailvelope:mailvelope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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