Cross-site scripting in Mozilla SeaMonkey

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU43206

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0751

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted HTML document.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

SeaMonkey: 1.0 - 2.15

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-06.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790454
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16616

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.