The navigator.sendBeacon implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and…

Description

The navigator.sendBeacon implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 omits the CORS Origin header, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended CORS access-control checks and conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via a crafted web site.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-352 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-352 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (39)

• RHSA-2015:0046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 62242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1031533 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-2460-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 72047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 62304 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0047.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 62250 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 62237 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 62418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0171 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080987 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62316 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-3132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 62274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-201504-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 62313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 62293 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 62283 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• firefox-cve20148638-csrf(99958) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 62446 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62657 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 62273 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0133 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-3127 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 62315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0046.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1031534 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 13:26 UTC.