CVE-2010-1585
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 28, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 28, 2010
Description
The nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment method in the ParanoidFragmentSink protection mechanism in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, Thunderbird before 3.1.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12 does not properly sanitize HTML in a chrome document, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a javascript: URI in input to an extension, as demonstrated by a javascript:alert sequence in (1) the HREF attribute of an A element or (2) the ACTION attribute of a FORM element.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133195
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562547
- 20100421 Security-Assessment.com WhitePaper/Addendum: Cross Context Scripting with Firefox & Exploiting Cross Context Scripting vulnerabilities in Firefoxmailing-list
- MDVSA-2011:041vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12532vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/whitepapers/Cross_Context_Scripting_with_Firefox.pdf
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-08.html
- http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2009/11/17/so-much-for-nsiscriptableunescapehtmlparsefragment/
- MDVSA-2011:042vendor-advisory
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