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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 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.

    Published:Mar 25, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 27, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.07189
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.htmlhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29391
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29550
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29607
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
    http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019703
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41449
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9889
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29391
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29550
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29607
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
    http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019703
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41449
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9889

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High