CVE-2012-3992

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting (XSS)7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUM
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+9 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly manage history data, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive POST content via vectors involving a location.hash write operation and history navigation that triggers the loading of a URL into the history object.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 10.0.8+1
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 2.13

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, Enterprise Linux 6.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6x5v-cwgm-x5w9: Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-3992: Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2012-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2012-10-12
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2012-10-09
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Spoofing and script injection through location.hash (MFSA 2012-84)↗2012-10-09
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3992 Mozilla: Spoofing and script injection through location.hash (MFSA 2012-84)↗2012-10-06
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CVE-2012-3992 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.3) | Mozilla Firefox before 16.0 | cvebase.io