Mozilla Firefox infoRSS Extension RSS Feeds Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability

BID:37091

Info

Mozilla Firefox infoRSS Extension RSS Feeds Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37091
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 23 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 23 2009 06:15PM
Credit: Reported by the vendor
Vulnerable: Didier Ernotte infoRSS 1.1.4.2
Not Vulnerable: Didier Ernotte infoRSS 1.2

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox infoRSS Extension RSS Feeds Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability

The infoRSS extension for Mozilla Firefox is prone to a cross-domain scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit this issue to run arbitrary code within the 'chrome:' context or run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Successful exploits will compromise the affected application and possibly the computer.

infoRSS 1.1.4.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox infoRSS Extension RSS Feeds Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker must entice a user to subscribe to a malicious feed with the affected extension.

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox infoRSS Extension RSS Feeds Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

Mozilla Firefox infoRSS Extension RSS Feeds Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability

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