CVE-2006-0296 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0296?

CVE-2006-0296 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 2 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The XULDocument.persist function in Mozilla, Firefox before 1.5.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not validate the attribute name, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript by injecting RDF data into the user's localstore.rdf file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0296?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0296?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2006-0296 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0296, GHSA-c65v-php3-gmxx.