Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2009-02
XSS using a chrome XBL method and window.eval
- Announced
- February 3, 2009
- Reporter
- moz_bug_r_a4
- Impact
- High
- Products
- Firefox
- Fixed in
-
- Firefox 3.0.6
Description
Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported
that a chrome XBL method can be used in conjuction
with window.eval
to execute arbitrary JavaScript within
the context of another website, violating the same origin policy.
Firefox 2 releases are not affected.
Workaround
Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.