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MFSA2008-22 Firefox: XSS through JavaScript same-origin violation (CVE-2008-2800)

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MFSA2008-22 Firefox: XSS through JavaScript same-origin violation (CVE-2008-2800)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving (1) an event handler attached to an outer window, (2) a SCRIPT element in an unloaded document, or (3) the onreadystatechange handler in conjunction with an XMLHttpRequest.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-2_0_0_15
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0

References

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