Auth bypass in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2008-5022

The nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners method in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to bypass the same-origin policy and execute arbitrary script via multiple listeners, which bypass the inner window check.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.030 (86.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Seamonkey
Mozilla Thunderbird
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04
Debian Debian_linux — versions 4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)