CVE-2013-5593: mozilla firefox Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-5593 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3Timeline
- 30-10-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The SELECT element implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 does not properly restrict the nature or placement of HTML within a dropdown menu, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar or conduct clickjacking attacks via vectors that trigger navigation off of a page containing this element.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.99%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.99% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mozilla4 products
- firefox24.0 | 24.0.1 | 24.0.2 | ≤ 24.0 | 19.0 | 19.0.1 | 19.0.2 | 20.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 23.0.1
- seamonkey≤ 2.22 | 2.0 | 2.0:alpha_1 | 2.0:alpha_2 | 2.0:alpha_3 | 2.0:beta_1 | 2.0:beta_2 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.1 | 2.1:alpha1 | 2.1:alpha2 | 2.1:alpha3 | 2.1:beta1 | 2.1:beta2 | 2.1:beta3 | 2.1:rc1 | 2.1:rc2 | 2.10 | 2.10:beta1 | 2.10:beta2 | 2.10:beta3 | 2.10.1 | 2.11 | 2.11:beta1 | 2.11:beta2 | 2.11:beta3 | 2.11:beta4 | 2.11:beta5 | 2.11:beta6 | 2.12 | 2.12:beta1 | 2.12:beta2 | 2.12:beta3 | 2.12:beta4 | 2.12:beta5 | 2.12:beta6 | 2.12.1 | 2.13 | 2.13:beta1 | 2.13:beta2 | 2.13:beta3 | 2.13:beta4 | 2.13:beta5 | 2.13:beta6 | 2.13.1 | 2.13.2 | 2.14 | 2.14:beta1 | 2.14:beta2 | 2.14:beta3 | 2.14:beta4 | 2.14:beta5 | 2.15 | 2.15:beta1 | 2.15:beta2 | 2.15:beta3 | 2.15:beta4 | 2.15:beta5 | 2.15:beta6 | 2.15.1 | 2.15.2 | 2.16 | 2.16:beta1 | 2.16:beta2 | 2.16:beta3 | 2.16:beta4 | 2.16:beta5 | 2.16.1 | 2.16.2 | 2.17 | 2.17:beta1 | 2.17:beta2 | 2.17:beta3 | 2.17:beta4 | 2.17.1 | 2.18:beta1 | 2.18:beta2 | 2.18:beta3 | 2.18:beta4 | 2.19 | 2.19:beta1 | 2.19:beta2 | 2.20 | 2.20:beta1 | 2.20:beta2 | 2.20:beta3 | 2.21:beta1 | 2.21:beta2 | 2.22:beta1
- thunderbird≤ 24.0.1 | 17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4 | 17.0.5 | 17.0.6 | 17.0.7 | 17.0.8 | 24.0
- thunderbird_esr17.0.9
1 vendor · 4 products
References
6 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19263VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=868327X Refsource CONFIRM