CVE-2009-3006

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Maxthon Browser 2.5.3.80 UNICODE allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.

Affected products

Maxthon Browser: 2.5.3.80

References

http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/08/multiple-browsers-fake-url-folder-file.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53009
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6437
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/08/multiple-browsers-fake-url-folder-file.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53009
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6437

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