CVE-2009-3012
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
31/08/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 and earlier, 3.5, 3.6 a1 pre, and 3.7 a1 pre does not properly block data: URIs in Location headers in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) injecting a Location header that contains JavaScript sequences in a data:text/html URI or (2) entering a data:text/html URI with JavaScript sequences when specifying the content of a Location header. NOTE: the JavaScript executes outside of the context of the HTTP site.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.13 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page