CVE-2013-1710
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8,…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 41.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF) request generation.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequestRank excellentdisclosed 6 Aug 2013
- Firefox toString console.time Privileged Javascript Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/firefox_tostring_console_injectionRank excellentdisclosed 14 May 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Firefox 5.0 < 15.0.1 - __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30474local, multiplepublished 6 Aug 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.7% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-69.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2746 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 61900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2735 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=871368 (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-2013-1737 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-1710)Record last updated .