CVE-2002-1126

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla 1.1 and earlier, and Mozilla-based browsers such as Netscape and Galeon, set the document referrer too quickly in certain situations when a new page is being loaded, which allows web pages to determine the next page that is being visited, including manually entered URLs, using the onunload handler.

Affected products

Galeon Browser: 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6
Mozilla: 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8 (+3)

References

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145579
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103176760004720&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10084.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:075
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-192.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-046.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5694
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145579
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103176760004720&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10084.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:075
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-192.html

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