Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1 Character Set Encoding cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Character Set Encoding Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-5612. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Character Set Encoding Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 makes it easier for remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging a Same Origin Policy violation triggered by lack of a charset parameter in a Content-Type HTTP header.

The weakness was presented 12/10/2013 by Masato Kinugawa as MFSA2013-106 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5612 since 08/26/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71354 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:1812)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121631 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:1812)).

Upgrading to version 26 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (89592), Tenable (71354), SecurityFocus (BID 64205†), OSVDB (100810†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42586†). See VDB-11450, VDB-11454, VDB-11458 and VDB-11459 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 71354
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:1812)
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OpenVAS ID: 881839
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2013:1812 centos5
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 26

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2013-106
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5612 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5612
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11453

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X-Force: 89592
SecurityFocus: 64205
OSVDB: 100810
SecurityTracker: 1029470
Vulnerability Center: 42586 - Mozilla Firefox Before 26.0 and SeaMonkey Before 2.23 Remote XSS via Character Encoding (CVE-2013-5612), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2013 08:59
Updated: 06/04/2021 08:03
Changes: 12/12/2013 08:59 (78), 01/31/2018 09:55 (2), 06/04/2021 07:51 (2), 06/04/2021 07:57 (2), 06/04/2021 08:03 (1)
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