CVE-2016-2817: XSS
First published: Sat Apr 30 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | <=45.0.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
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- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- version/mozilla firefox/45.0.2