CVE-2012-5837 — Cross-site Scripting in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-79 — Cross-site ScriptingCWE-94 — Code Injection6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedNov 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The Web Developer Toolbar in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 executes script with chrome privileges, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted string.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox16.0.2+153

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-jmrm-6r25-5p6x: The Web Developer Toolbar in Mozilla Firefox before 17↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions↗2012-12-03
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2012-11-21
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Script entered into Developer Toolbar runs with chrome privileges (MFSA 2012-102)↗2012-11-20
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-5837 Mozilla: Script entered into Developer Toolbar runs with chrome privileges (MFSA 2012-102)↗2012-11-17
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