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CVE-2009-1308

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1308 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 3.0.9, as well as Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. This flaw allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through XBL JavaScript bindings and remote stylesheets, as demonstrated by an exploit observed in the wild via an eBay listing in March 2009. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While exploited in the wild at the time, there is no current evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available Metasploit or Nuclei exploits. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.9-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.9-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.0.9-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:2.0.0.22-2.el5_3
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1308Low

Firefox XSS hazard using third-party stylesheets and XBL bindings

Apr 21, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/34758
secunia.com / advisories/34780
secunia.com / advisories/34843
secunia.com / advisories/34894
secunia.com / advisories/35042
secunia.com / advisories/35065
secunia.com / advisories/35536
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10428
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6173
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6185
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6296
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7285
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 764-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00683.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1797
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-18.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html
securityfocus.com / bid/34656
securitytracker.com / id
theregister.co.uk / 2009/03/08/ebay_scam_wizardy
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-782-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1125