data: URL meta refresh (MFSA 2010-79)

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle certain redirections involving data: URLs and Java LiveConnect scripts, which allows remote attackers to start processes, read arbitrary local files, and establish network connections via...

Java security bypass from LiveConnect loaded via data: URL meta refresh — Mozilla

Security researcher Gregory Fleischer reported that when a Java LiveConnect script was loaded via a data: URL which redirects via a meta refresh, then the resulting plugin object was created with the wrong security principal and thus received elevated privileges such as the abilities to read loca...

google-download1.txt

Google Chrome Auto Download and Rapid Download By IMC GrahamPhisher Shoutz IMC Tully IMC EXE Shouts To Everyone On The Forums InsaneMasterminds.com To have a file automatically start downloading through google chrome without the users permission is very easy, simple inject the meta refresh tag in...

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in ExpressionEngine

Здравствуйте 3APA3A! Сообщаю вам о найденной мною Cross-Site Scripting уязвимости в системе ExpressionEngine. XSS: Уязвимость в скрипте index.php в параметре URL, если включен meta-refresh редиректор. http://site/index.php?URL=223E3Cscript3Ealertdocument.cookie3C/script3E Уязвима версия...

CVE-2002-2313

The vulnerability CVE-2002-2313 affects Eudora email client 5.1.1 when the “use Microsoft viewer” option is enabled. An HTML email containing a META refresh tag that references an embedded .mhtml file with ActiveX controls can trigger execution of a second embedded program processed by Internet E...

CVE-2002-2308

Netscape Communicator 6.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in client browsers via a webpage containing a recursive META refresh tag where the content tag is blank and the URL tag references itself...

CVE-2002-2308

Netscape Communicator 6.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in client browsers via a webpage containing a recursive META refresh tag where the content tag is blank and the URL tag references itself...

Code execution via Eudora

Using META REFRESH it's possible to launch mhtml file...

REFRESH: EUDORA MAIL 5.1.1

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 Trivial silent delivery and installation of an executable on a target computer. This can be accomplished with the default installation of the mail client Eudora 5.1.1: 'allow executables in HTML content' DISABLED 'use Microsoft viewer' ENABLED The manufacturer...

Выполнение приложений через Microsoft Internet Explorer для Macintosh (code execution)

Можно выполнить служебный системный скрипт через META REFRESH. Или через файл с образом диска...

netscape-4.x-DoS.txt

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 00:53:24 +0200 From: Michal Zalewski To: [email protected] Subject: Sendmail, lynx, Netscape, sshd, Linux kernel twice Now, some DoSes on Netscape 4.0x browsers: ------------------------------------------ Meta refresh or href to URL "mocha:document.open'300k times A';"...

CVE-2026-48761: HtmlSanitizer UrlAttributeSanitizer Misses URL Attributes on <object>, <applet>, <iframe>, <img> and the URL Inside <meta http-equiv="refresh"> content

More info at https://symfony.com/cve-2026-48761...