CSRF in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2011-0059
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that were initiated by a plugin and received a 307 redirect to a page on a different web site.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.3
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133195
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46652 (vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-10.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0313.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100128655
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14473 (signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-0059?
- CVE-2011-0059 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2011-03-02.
- Is CVE-2011-0059 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.