The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.
{ "availability": "No subscription required", "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "firefox", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-dev", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-globalmenu", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-testsuite", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2" } ] }
{ "availability": "No subscription required", "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "firefox", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-dev", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-globalmenu", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2" }, { "binary_name": "firefox-testsuite", "binary_version": "46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2" } ] }