Is CVE-2009-2472 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2472 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2472?

CVE-2009-2472 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2472

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not always use XPCCrossOriginWrapper when required during object construction, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document, related to a "cross origin wrapper bypass."

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
EPSS score: 2.2% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2467)
Published: July 22, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2467 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
mozilla / firefox
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1(Broken Link)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1(Broken Link)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-40.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479288(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481434(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497102(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9497(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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