Mozilla: Character encoding cross-origin XSS attack (MFSA 2013-106)
Published Dec 11, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.40%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 19
- 20
Configuration 4
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.04
- 13.10
Configuration 5
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 6
- 12.2
- 12.3
- 13.1
- 11
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:24.2.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1812
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:24.2.0-2.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1823
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:24.2.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1812
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:24.2.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1823
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:24.2.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1812 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:24.2.0-2.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1823 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:24.2.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1812 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:24.2.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1823 |
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 3, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.40% (0.03402) | 88.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 87.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00689) | 69.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.70% (0.01700) | 70.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00689) | 70.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.24% (0.01238) | 85.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00190) | 57.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00190) | 55.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00199) | 56.04th | 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 (20)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123437.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124257.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00085.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00086.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00087.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1812.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-106.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64205 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029470 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029476 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2052-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5612 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=871161 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039420 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5612
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5612
Change history (0)
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