Fizzle extension for Firefox RSS feed cross-site scripting
| fizzle-rssfeed-xss (33227) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Fizzle extension for Firefox is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when processing RSS feeds. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a RSS feed which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- andyfrank.com Web page: Fizzle extension for Firefox.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Mar 24 2007 - 14:24:21 CDT : Fizzle : Firefox Extension Vulnerability.
- BID-23144: Fizzle RSS Feed HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1678: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Fizzle 0.5 extension for Firefox allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via RSS feeds, which are executed by the chrome: URI handler.
- OSVDB ID: 33522: Fizzle Extension for Mozilla Firefox Feed Data XSS
- SA24654: Fizzle Extension for Firefox Feed Script Insertion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1112: Fizzle Extension for Firefox RSS Feeds Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Andy Frank Fizzle extension for Firefox 0.5
Reported:
Mar 24, 2007
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