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CVE-2016-2817

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Published: Apr 30, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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5.4
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 2.5
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox
Mozilla
1 product
Firefox
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Firefox
Up to 45.0.2

Related CWEs

CWE-264
CWE-264

References (18)

Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: security@mozilla.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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