CVE-2008-2808 — Cross-site Scripting in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedJul 7
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox14 versions+13
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey10 versions+9
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird8 versions+7

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-g23j-wvjf-2p27: Mozilla Firefox before 2↗2022-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Firefox file location escaping flaw↗2008-07-02
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2008-07-02
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2808 Firefox file location escaping flaw↗2008-06-24
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CVE-2008-2808 — Cross-site Scripting in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase