CVE-2011-3648 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-3648 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2011-3648 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Nov 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3648/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3648/index.md)
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML into Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird via crafted Shift JIS encoded text, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-3648?
CVE-2011-3648 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Nov 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.24 and 4.x through 7.0 and Thunderbird before 3.1.6 and 5.0 through 7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted text with Shift JIS encoding.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3648?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
thunderbird Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
thunderbird-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
thunderbird Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
thunderbird-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
thunderbird Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
thunderbird-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-77.el4 |
thunderbird Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
thunderbird-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.5.0.12-45.el4 |
thunderbird Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.0.0.24-27.el5_7 |
thunderbird-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.0.0.24-27.el5_7 |
thunderbird Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 | All versions | 0:2.0.0.24-27.el5_7 |
thunderbird-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5 | All versions | 0:2.0.0.24-27.el5_7 |
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3648?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2011-3648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwgh-7847-2vj4, RHSA-2011:1438, RHSA-2011:1440.