CVE-2016-9902 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-9902 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 11/06/2018 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: mozilla | Vendor: Mozilla | Product: Firefox ESR
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-9902 Description

The Pocket toolbar button, once activated, listens for events fired from it\'s own pages but does not verify the origin of incoming events. This allows content from other origins to fire events and inject content and commands into the Pocket context. Note: this issue does not affect users with e10s enabled. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events
Source: Mozilla

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).