CVE-2013-1670 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1670?

CVE-2013-1670 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 16 May 2013. 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

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1670?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1670?

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-2013-1670 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-1670 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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