CVE-2013-1714

The Web Workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 does not properly restrict XMLHttpRequest calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2013-08-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1714 is rated Moderate Risk (45.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1714

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.08% 2.09% +1.01%
2 2025-07-09 1.68% 1.08% -0.60%
3 2025-03-30 1.68%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1714

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1714

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1714

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-1714: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-23), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin, www-client/seamonkey, www-client/seamonkey-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1714
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1714
suse medium CVE-2013-1714 severity moderate: SUSE including 82 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1, …), 112 product×package rows across 38 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (38 product lines)): Fixed 112. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1714/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1714 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1714

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1714

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla seamonkey <= 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.8:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1714

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