# CVE-2008-2800: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site s

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-07-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving (1) an event handler attached to an outer window, (2) a SCRIPT element in an unloaded document, or (3) the onreadystatechange handler in conjunction with an XMLHttpRequest.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433328
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-22.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html

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