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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-04-30T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:21.317Z

Reserved: 2016-03-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-30T17:59:14.647

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:29:40.937

Link: CVE-2016-2817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2817 - Bugzilla