CVE-2013-5593 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey where the SELECT HTML element improperly handles embedded HTML within dropdown menus. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar or perform clickjacking attacks by manipulating navigation. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it requires medium attack complexity and could lead to information integrity issues, but not confidentiality or availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
24.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 24.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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