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CVE-2016-2817
Published: Apr 30, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
openSUSE-SU-2016:1211
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
1035692
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
openSUSE-SU-2016:1251
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2936-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
GLSA-201701-15
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-2936-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-2936-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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