CVE-2008-2800: mozilla firefox Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-2800 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 07-07-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving (1) an event handler attached to an outer window, (2) a SCRIPT element in an unloaded document, or (3) the onreadystatechange handler in conjunction with an XMLHttpRequest.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.00%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.00% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
1 vendor · 2 products
References
48 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433328X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-22.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9386VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216X Refsource CONFIRM
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 48 references
- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439035X Refsource CONFIRM
- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428672X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432591X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440308X Refsource CONFIRM