CVE-2016-9901 (GCVE-0-2016-9901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:07
Severity ?
CWE
  • Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution
Summary
HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the "about:pocket-saved" (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.
References
security@mozilla.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057 Issue Tracking, Patch
security@mozilla.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/ Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/ Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 45.6
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