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CVE-2016-9901 (GCVE-0-2016-9901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
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.
CWE
  • Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 45.6 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 50.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2016-12-13 00:00
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