FKIE_CVE-2009-4101

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-11-29 13:08 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:13
Severity
Summary
infoRSS 1.1.4.2 and earlier extension for Firefox performs certain operations with chrome privileges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and perform cross-domain scripting attacks via the description tag of an RSS feed.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37467Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3323Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/361#version-1.2.0
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54370
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37467Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3323Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/361#version-1.2.0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54370
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
didier_ernotte inforss *
didier_ernotte inforss 0.5
didier_ernotte inforss 0.7.7
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.4
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.7
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.8.1
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.8.2
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.9
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.9.1
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.9.3
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.9.4
didier_ernotte inforss 0.8.9.5
didier_ernotte inforss 0.9.0
didier_ernotte inforss 0.10.0
didier_ernotte inforss 0.10.1
didier_ernotte inforss 1.0.0
didier_ernotte inforss 1.1.0.1
didier_ernotte inforss 1.1.1
didier_ernotte inforss 1.1.2
didier_ernotte inforss 1.1.3
didier_ernotte inforss 1.1.4
didier_ernotte inforss 1.1.4.1
mozilla firefox *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:13:02.417",
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