CVE-2016-2817

CVE Information
CVE ID
CVE-2016-2817
Severity
MEDIUM CVSS 5.4
Publish Date
2016-04-30
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.

Collection Date
2026-01-13
Impact Summary
Affected Hosts 1
Related Incidents 0
Related Alerts 0
Affected Hosts (1)
Hostname OS Type Severity Total CVEs
inbridge-ubt-24 LINUX CRITICAL 2364