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CVE-2008-1238
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 20080327 rPSA-2008-0128-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29541 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29560 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1532 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 30327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 238492 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- USN-592-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29616 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29550 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 29526 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- TA08-087A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 29391 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- mozilla-http-referrer-spoofing(41449) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1246 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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