CVE-2016-9901 Information

Description

HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the \about:pocket-saved\ (unprivileged) page giving it access to Pocket’s messaging API through HTML injection. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 45.6 and Firefox 50.1.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8