CVE-2007-1878 (GCVE-0-2007-1878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:13
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Summary
Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the DOM templates (domplates) used by the console.log function in the Firebug extension before 1.03 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions, read arbitrary file:// URIs, or execute arbitrary code in the browser chrome, as demonstrated via the runFile function, related to lack of HTML escaping in the property name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2341 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2007-04-04 00:00
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