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Disable password autofill on page load #12489

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darkdh opened this issue Jan 3, 2018 · 3 comments · Fixed by brave/muon#419
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Disable password autofill on page load #12489

darkdh opened this issue Jan 3, 2018 · 3 comments · Fixed by brave/muon#419

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@darkdh
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darkdh commented Jan 3, 2018

Description

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/12/27/no-boundaries-for-user-identities-web-trackers-exploit-browser-login-managers/

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Go to https://senglehardt.com/demo/no_boundaries/loginmanager/
  2. Submit username/password and save password using built-in password manager
  3. 3rd party script will steal your password and display on the page

Actual result:

Username and password get sniffed

Expected result:
No username and password will get leaked when page load

Reproduces how often:

Brave Version

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Reproducible on current live release:

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darkdh commented Jan 4, 2018

For QA: new result will be like this

  1. Hidden fields

screen shot 2018-01-03 at 4 38 13 pm

  1. Non hidden fields

screen shot 2018-01-03 at 4 45 05 pm

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srirambv commented Jan 5, 2018

@darkdh should the autofill prompt the moment the page is loaded for which a credential is saved?
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darkdh commented Jan 5, 2018

@srirambv expected because private tab won't popup credentials automatically. it requires user interaction just like you did.

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