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CVE-2016-2817
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-30T17:59:14.647 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:31.033

Summary

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 products

mozilla — firefox

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References

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