{"id":"CVE-2005-4809","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-4809","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:34.326Z","title":"Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.","description":"Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.","published":"2005-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:19:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["mozilla/firefox","mozilla/mozilla","mozilla/thunderbird"],"epss":{"score":0.06136,"percentile":0.93404,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2005-03-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":25221,"kind":"exploit","title":"Mozilla Suite/Firefox/Thunderbird - Nested Anchor Tag Status Bar Spoofing","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25221","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/25221.txt","file":"exploits/linux/remote/25221.txt","published":"2005-03-14","added":"2005-03-14","updated":"2013-05-05","author":"bitlance winter","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2005-4809","OSVDB-14885"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111073068631287&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/14568","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/14885","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0260","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19540","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111073068631287&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/14568","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/14885","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12798","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0260","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19540","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4809","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}