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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2009-2996 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T23:26:15.470Z
Reserved: 2009-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-3012
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-08-31T16:30:06.920
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-3012
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD