XSS in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-1709
Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 do not properly handle the interaction between FRAME elements and history, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving spoofing a relative location in a previously visited document.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (70.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr — versions 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2746 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2735 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18531 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/61867 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-68.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1709?
- CVE-2013-1709 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-08-07.
- Is CVE-2013-1709 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.