CVE-2012-3985

Mozilla: Continued access to initial origin after setting document.domain can lead to XSS attacks (MFSA 2012-76)

Published Oct 10, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly implement the HTML5 Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging initial-origin access after document.domain has been set.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3929 Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly implement the HTML5 Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging initial-origin access after document.domain has been set.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1600-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1611-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:21 PM
Reserved
Jul 11, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2012, 5:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 9, 2012, 12:00 AM