CVE-2008-1238
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1246)
- Published
- March 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1246 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29391
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
- http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?10%2C20033
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html(Exploit)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019703
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41449
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9889
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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