CVE-2009-1312
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 do not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header or…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 do not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header or (2) specifying the content of a Refresh header. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.6 a1 pre and Mozilla 1.7.x and earlier are also affected.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.56% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070309/firefox-header-redirection-javascript-execution/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0437.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:111
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-22.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504718/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504723/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022096
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1125
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475636Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6064
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6131
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6731
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9818
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/764-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00683.html
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070309/firefox-header-redirection-javascript-execution/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0437.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34758
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.