cve/2016/CVE-2016-9901.md

### [CVE-2016-9901](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9901)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Firefox%20ESR&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Firefox&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%2045.6%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%2050.1%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Data%20from%20Pocket%20server%20improperly%20sanitized%20before%20execution&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.