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CVE-2012-4209

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4209 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in older versions of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute XSS attacks by manipulating the "top" frame name-attribute to access the location property, particularly when interacting with binary plugins. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), it requires medium attack complexity and could lead to partial integrity impact, but not confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, < 10.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, < 10.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 (7)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.11-1.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4209Moderate

Mozilla: Frames can shadow top.location (MFSA 2012-103)

Nov 20, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51359
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51360
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51369
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51370
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51381
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51434
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51439
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51440
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80181
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16880
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-103.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56629
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1636-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1638-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1638-2
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1638-3
Third Party Advisory