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CVE-2011-4688

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4688 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions 8.0.1 and earlier, where crafted JavaScript could exploit a weakness in how IFRAME loading attempts handle Same Origin Policy violations. This allowed remote attackers to infer the presence of documents in the browser cache. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for information disclosure (C:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-4688Low

firefox: Does not prevent capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading

Dec 6, 2011

References

lcamtuf.coredump.cx / cachetime
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/47090
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13770