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CVE-2009-1310

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1310 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MozSearch plugin within Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.9. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a javascript: URI in the SearchForm element. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1310Low

Firefox Malicious search plugins can inject code into arbitrary sites

Apr 21, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/34758
secunia.com / advisories/34843
secunia.com / advisories/34894
secunia.com / advisories/35065
secunia.com / advisories/36757
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11520
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6242
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-1886
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-20.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0436.html
securityfocus.com / bid/34656
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1125