Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1 History Navigation cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1. This affects an unknown function of the component History Navigation Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-1530. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component History Navigation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The docshell implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to trigger the loading of a URL with a spoofed baseURI property, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via a crafted web site that performs history navigation.

The weakness was presented 04/29/2014 by moz_bug_r_a4 as MFSA2014-43 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1530 since 01/16/2014. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73790 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2014:0448)), 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 122056 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner firefox (RHSA-2014:0448)).

Upgrading to version 29.0 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 (92855), Tenable (73790), SecurityFocus (BID 67137†), Secunia (SA58344†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030165†). Further details are available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. See VDB-13101, VDB-13100, VDB-13099 and VDB-13097 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR up to 24.4
  • Mozilla Thunderbird up to 24.4
  • Mozilla Seamonkey up to 2.25

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Highly functional

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 73790
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2014:0448)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 702918
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2918-1 (iceweasel - security update
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox 29.0

Timelineinfo

01/16/2014 🔍
04/29/2014 +103 days 🔍
04/29/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2014 +1 days 🔍
04/30/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2014 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2014 +0 days 🔍
05/04/2014 +4 days 🔍
11/25/2025 +4223 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-43
Researcher: moz_bug_r_a4
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-1530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13098

OVAL: 🔍
IAVM: 🔍

X-Force: 92855 - Mozilla Firefox,Thunderbird and SeaMonkey address bar cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 67137 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1530 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 58344 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030165 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 44371 - Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey Remote XSS in Docshell - CVE-2014-1530, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Misc.: 🔍
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/30/2014 21:26
Updated: 11/25/2025 21:04
Changes: 04/30/2014 21:26 (89), 01/31/2018 09:55 (6), 06/19/2021 08:18 (12), 06/19/2021 08:21 (1), 11/25/2025 21:04 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!