CVE-2013-0793

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17 do not ensure the correctness of the address bar during history navigation, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or phishing attacks by leveraging control over navigation timing.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.02% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00019.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1791-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58837 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803870
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16928 signature vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0696.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-38.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0697.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00012.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0793?
CVE-2013-0793 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0793?
To fix CVE-2013-0793, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0793 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-0793 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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