Bug 1330285 (CVE-2016-2817)

Summary:	CVE-2016-2817 Mozilla: Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions (MFSA 2016-46)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Siddharth Sharma <sisharma>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Siddharth Sharma 2016-04-25 19:04:23 UTC

Security researcher Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd. reported that the chrome.tabs.update API for web extensions allows for navigation to javascript: URLs without additional permissions. This can used to elevate privilege for a universal cross-site scripting (XSS) attack by a malicious web extension. It can also be used to inject content into other extensions if they load content within browser tabs. 

External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html

Comment 1 Siddharth Sharma 2016-04-25 19:04:30 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Muneaki Nishimura