Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2012-4205

N/A Published on 2012-11-21

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.

EPSS 1.61% above median percentile 73.7%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Mozilla Thunderbird Windows winget:Mozilla.Thunderbird

Affected <17.0 Fixed in 17.0 Latest tracked 153.0.2 patched

NVD references 8 distinct products for this CVE — only those tracked by Scout (mobile and desktop catalog apps) are listed above. Libraries, servers and out-of-scope products do not appear here. Full list on NVD ↗

Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
mozilla	thunderbird All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	<17.0	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

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