CVE-2013-6674

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 17.x through 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x through 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message containing a data: URL in an IFRAME element, a related issue to CVE-2014-2018.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 23.16% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1 vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jan/182 mailing list exploit
http://osvdb.org/102566 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029773 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-14.html vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/863369 third party advisory us government resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124965/Mozilla-Thunderbird-Filter-Bypass.html exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029774 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=868267

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6674?
CVE-2013-6674 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6674?
To fix CVE-2013-6674, 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-2013-6674 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-6674 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~23% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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