CVE-2013-1743

Bugzilla 4.1.x-4.2.x < 4.2.7 and 4.3.x-4.4.x < 4.4.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Tabular Report Field Values

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-1743. PoCs published by Mateusz Goik.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Bugzilla versions 4.1.1 through 4.2.6 and 4.3.1 through 4.4. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary client-side scripts.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in report.cgi in Bugzilla 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.7 and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a field value that is not properly handled during construction of a tabular report, as demonstrated by the (1) summary or (2) real name field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4189.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Mateusz Goik · textwebappscgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38807

This is a writeup describing a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Bugzilla versions 4.1.1 through 4.2.6 and 4.3.1 through 4.4. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary client-side scripts.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Bugzilla 4.1.1-4.2.6, 4.3.1-4.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Bugzilla instance
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924932
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/4.0.10/

Scores

EPSS 0.0282
EPSS Percentile 84.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (15)
mozilla/bugzilla 4.1
mozilla/bugzilla 4.1.1
mozilla/bugzilla 4.1.2
mozilla/bugzilla 4.1.3
mozilla/bugzilla 4.3
mozilla/bugzilla 4.3.1
mozilla/bugzilla 4.3.2
mozilla/bugzilla 4.3.3
mozilla/bugzilla 4.2 (3 CPE variants)
mozilla/bugzilla 4.2.1
... and 5 more
Published Oct 24, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026