Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 do not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote…

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 do not block javascript: URIs in Refresh headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Refresh header or (2) specifying the content of a Refresh header. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.6 a1 pre and Mozilla 1.7.x and earlier are also affected.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-16 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-16 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (26)

• MDVSA-2009:111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-3875 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 34894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9818 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-22.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://websecurity.com.ua/3386/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1022096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34844 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070309/firefox-header-redirection-javascript-execution/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475636 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://websecurity.com.ua/3275/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 35065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20090703 Re: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6731 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• USN-764-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 34656 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20090702 Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34843 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0436 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 264308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_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

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:04 UTC.