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GHSA-PX89-65CH-24X4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:37 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:37

Details

The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2016-2817 (GCVE-0-2016-2817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-30 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

9 references

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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-04-26 00:00

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