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CVE-2009-2472

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2472 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.12, as well as various Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE products. It stems from Firefox's failure to consistently use XPCCrossOriginWrapper during object construction, allowing remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (4)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2472Moderate

Mozilla multiple cross origin wrapper bypasses

Jul 21, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
Broken Link
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35914
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35944
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36005
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36145
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9497
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-40.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35758
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1972
PatchThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2152
Third Party Advisory