The vulnerability of the Firefox browser, which allows attackers to carry out UXSS attacks

The vulnerability of the WebExtension sandbox component browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in the Firefox browser does not properly restrict the inheritance from API calls like chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform UXSS...

CVE-2016-2817

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 craft...