CVE-2013-1727 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1727?

CVE-2013-1727 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 18 Sep 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

Mozilla Firefox before 24.0 on Android allows attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and consequently conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain password or cookie information, by using a symlink in conjunction with a file: URL for a local file.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1727?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1727?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1727 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2013-1727 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-1727 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-326p-64jj-2g84.