XSS in Mozilla Bugzilla
CVE-2014-1573
Bugzilla 2.x through 4.0.x before 4.0.15, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.6, and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 does not ensure that a scalar context is used for certain CGI parameters, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by sending three values for a single parameter name.
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: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Bugzilla — versions 4.5.5, 4.4.5, 3.1.4
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 19, 20, 21
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/128578/Bugzilla-Account-Creation-XSS-Information-…
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70257 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/20 (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142524.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2ihen0/new_class_of_vulnerability_in_perl_web/
- blog.gerv.net/2014/10/new-class-of-vulnerability-in-perl-web-applications/
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0412.html
- www.bugzilla.org/security/4.0.14/ (Vendor Advisory)