CVE-2006-2783 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird versions prior to 1.5.0.4. The flaw arises because these browsers incorrectly strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from UTF-8 pages, enabling remote attackers to inject malicious script within dangerous HTML tags. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network access required and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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