Mozilla: Cross-site scripting (XSS) using timed history navigations (MFSA 2013-38)
Published Apr 3, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.19%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
Configuration 4
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
Configuration 5
- ≤ 2.17
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9.1
- 2.10
- 2.10
- 2.10
- 2.10
- 2.10.1
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12.1
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13.1
- 2.13.2
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15.1
- 2.15.2
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16.1
- 2.16.2
- 2.17
- 2.17
- 2.17
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:17.0.5-1.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0696
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:17.0.5-1.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0697
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:17.0.5-1.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0696
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:17.0.5-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0696
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:17.0.5-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0697
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:17.0.5-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0696
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:17.0.5-1.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0696 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:17.0.5-1.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0697 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:17.0.5-1.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0696 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:17.0.5-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0696 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:17.0.5-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0697 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:17.0.5-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0696 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 81.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.21% (0.02208) | 80.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01021) | 75.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.31% (0.02305) | 74.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01021) | 75.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 73.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 71.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00360) | 67.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0696.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0697.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-38.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58837 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1791-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0793 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803870 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=946935 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0793
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16928 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0793
Change history (0)
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