cve/2016/CVE-2016-2817.md

### [CVE-2016-2817](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2817)
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### Description

The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3

#### Github
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