CVE-2006-0496

Mozilla Firefox - Cross-Site Scripting via -moz-binding CSS Property

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-0496. PoCs published by Chris Thomas.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox via the '-moz-binding' CSS property, allowing arbitrary script execution in the context of another domain. The PoC uses XBL (XML Binding Language) to trigger the XSS when the binding is applied.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7.12 and possibly earlier, Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and possibly earlier, and Netscape 8.1 and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the -moz-binding (Cascading Style Sheets) CSS property, which does not require that the style sheet have the same origin as the web page, as demonstrated by the compromise of a large number of LiveJournal accounts.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Chris Thomas · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27150

This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox via the '-moz-binding' CSS property, allowing arbitrary script execution in the context of another domain. The PoC uses XBL (XML Binding Language) to trigger the XSS when the binding is applied.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Mozilla Firefox (versions affected by CVE-2006-0496)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage · Firefox browser vulnerable to CVE-2006-0496
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324253
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015563
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24427
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0403
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16427
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/708069.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015553
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113847912709062&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/22924

Scores

EPSS 0.0267
EPSS Percentile 84.1%

Details

Status published
Products (19)
mozilla/firefox 1.0
mozilla/firefox 1.0.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0.2
mozilla/firefox 1.0.3
mozilla/firefox 1.0.4
mozilla/firefox 1.0.5
mozilla/firefox 1.0.6
mozilla/firefox 1.0.7
mozilla/mozilla 1.7 (6 CPE variants)
mozilla/mozilla 1.7.1
... and 9 more
Published Feb 01, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026