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Mozilla Firefox Wizz RSS News Reader Extension Cross-Context Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24913
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Release Date:
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2007-04-17
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Last Update:
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2007-04-25
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Popularity:
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9,769 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Wizz RSS News Reader (Extension for Mozilla Firefox) 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2060
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Wizz RSS News Reader extension for Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Certain input is not properly sanitised before being used and can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary script code within the "chrome:" context.
Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into loading a specially crafted RSS feed.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.1.9.
Solution:
Update to version 2.1.9.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/424
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits N-CIRT Lab.
Changelog:
2007-04-18: Added CVE reference.
2007-04-25: Updated credits section.
Original Advisory:
Wizz RSS News Reader:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/424
Other References:
US-CERT VU#319464:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/319464
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