CVE-2006-2785 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2785?

CVE-2006-2785 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 2 Jun 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by tricking a user into (1) performing a "View Image" on a broken image in which the SRC attribute contains a Javascript URL, or (2) selecting "Show only this frame" on a frame whose SRC attribute contains a Javascript URL.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2785?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2785?

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-2006-2785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g55j-rqcq-fhgc.