CVE-2008-1238
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.44% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29391
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
- http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.htmlExploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019703
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.