loadSubScript unwraps XPCNativeWrapper scope parameter — Mozilla

David Rees reported that the JSSubScriptLoader (a feature used by some add-ons) was “unwrapping” XPCNativeWrappers when they were used as the scope parameter to loadSubScript(). Without the protection of the wrappers the add-on could be vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks from malicious web content. Whether any given add-on were vulnerable would depend on how the add-on used the feature and whether it interacted directly with web content, but we did find at least one vulnerable add-on and presume there are more.