Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 does not restrict xsl:include and xsl:import tags in XSLT stylesheets to the current domain,…

Description

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 does not restrict xsl:include and xsl:import tags in XSLT stylesheets to the current domain, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the local system.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 12659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2005:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-20.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2005:384 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200503-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271209 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200503-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2005-0588](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2005-0588.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2005-0588)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 21:21 UTC.