CVE-2011-2486
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
nspluginwrapper before 1.4.4 does not properly provide access to NPNVprivateModeBool variable settings, which could prevent Firefox plugins from determining if they should run in Private Browsing mode and allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated using Flash.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2474)
- Published
- November 19, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2474 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nspluginwrapper / nspluginwrapper
References
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/524725/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1459.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027757(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702034
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715384
- https://github.com/davidben/nspluginwrapper/commit/7e4ab8e1189846041f955e6c83f72bc1624e7a98
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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