CVE-2016-9901

high-risk
Published 2018-06-11

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Mozilla

References (16)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate