Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-1714
The Web Workers implementation in 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 does not properly restrict XMLHttpRequest calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.
EPSS: 0.021 (79.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1714?
- CVE-2013-1714 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-08-07.
- Is CVE-2013-1714 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.