CVE-2005-1531

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox before 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8 does not properly implement certain security checks for script injection, which allows remote attackers to execute script via "Wrapped" javascript: URLs, as demonstrated using (1) a javascript: URL in a view-source: URL, (2) a javascript: URL in a jar: URL, or (3) "a nested variant."

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+6)
Mozilla: through 1.4; 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5-alpha, 1.5-rc1, 1.5-rc2, 1.5.1 (+15)

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013962
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013963
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-43.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-434.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-435.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13641
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0530
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100015
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10351

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