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CVE-2016-2817

CVSS v3.0 5.4 (Medium)
54% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.3 (Medium)
43% Progress
EPSS 0.68 % (80th)
0.68% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 3
Info CVSS EPSS Affected Configurations References Security Advisories Packages & Software OVAL Tools, Exploits & PoC Graph Web & Social Timeline

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.

Weaknesses
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Published Date
2016-04-30 17:59:14
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2017-07-01 01:29:40
(7 years ago)

Affected Products

Mozilla

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox 45.0.2 and prior versions cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox <= 45.0.2