nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation — Mozilla

2008-11-1200:00:00

Mozilla Foundation

www.mozilla.org

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

79.7%

JSON

Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that the same-origin check in nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() could be bypassed. This vulnerability could be used to execute JavaScript in the context of a different website.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

mozillafirefoxRange<2.0.0.18

mozillafirefoxRange<3.0.4

mozillaseamonkeyRange<1.1.13

mozillathunderbirdRange<2.0.0.18

VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillafirefox*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillaseamonkey*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozillathunderbird*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
mozilla	firefox	*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
mozilla	seamonkey	*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::
mozilla	thunderbird	*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::