CVE-2012-1957

Firefox 4.x-13.0 - Cross-Site Scripting via RSS Feed EMBED Element

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An unspecified parser-utility class in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly handle EMBED elements within description elements in RSS feeds, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a feed.

References (24)

Core 24
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750096
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/84000
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16844
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54583
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972

Scores

EPSS 0.0208
EPSS Percentile 79.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (33)
mozilla/firefox 4.0 (13 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox 4.0.1
mozilla/firefox 5.0
mozilla/firefox 5.0.1
mozilla/firefox 6.0
mozilla/firefox 6.0.1
mozilla/firefox 6.0.2
mozilla/firefox 7.0
mozilla/firefox 7.0.1
mozilla/firefox 8.0
... and 23 more
Published Jul 18, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026