Bug 1443336 (CVE-2017-5458)

Summary: CVE-2017-5458 Mozilla: Drag and drop of javascript: URLs can allow for self-XSS (MFSA 2017-11)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 06:24:49 UTC 
When a <code>javascript:</code> URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5458


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Daniel Veditz