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Mozilla Firefox < 22.0

high Nessus Plugin ID 279196

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 22.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2013-54 advisory.

 - Do not send data XHR HEAD request(CVE-2013-1692) (CVE-2013-1692)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 22.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-54/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279196

File Name: macos_firefox_22_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1692

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1692

IAVA: 2013-A-0125-S