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CVE-2016-2817

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CVSS 3.0
5.4 medium
EPSS
1%p68
Published
()
Modified
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.

Vendors
mozilla
Products
firefox
Weakness
CWE-264
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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