CVE-2008-5511 — Cross-site Scripting in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting10 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+2 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 17
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox2.0 — 2.0.0.19+1
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey1.0 — 1.1.14
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird2.0 — 2.0.0.19

Also affects: Debian Linux 4.0, 5.0, Ubuntu Linux 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wfgh-c975-36mr: Mozilla Firefox 3↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2008-5511: Mozilla Firefox 3↗2008-12-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2009-01-06
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2009-01-06
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2008-12-18
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2008-12-18
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Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities↗2008-12-17
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document↗2008-12-12
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