CVE-2015-7187

Firefox < 42.0 - Cross-Site Scripting via Add-on SDK Panel Setting Misinterpretation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Add-on SDK in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 misinterprets a "script: false" panel setting, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via inline JavaScript code that is executed within a third-party extension.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034069
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2785-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1195735

Scores

EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 65.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 41.0.2
Published Nov 05, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026