CVE-2013-5612

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 makes it easier for remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging a Same Origin Policy violation triggered by lack of a charset parameter in a Content-Type HTTP header.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.69% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64205 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00010.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123437.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124257.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029470 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00086.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00085.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029476 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-106.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=871161 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00087.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2052-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1812.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-5612?
CVE-2013-5612 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-5612?
To fix CVE-2013-5612, 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-2013-5612 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-5612 is being actively exploited. 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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