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CVE ID: CVE-2017-7839

Description: Control characters prepended before "javascript:" URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks where users are convinced to copy and paste text into the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7839
BugTraq ID: 101832
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803

CVE ID:	CVE-2017-7839
Description:	Control characters prepended before "javascript:" URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks where users are convinced to copy and paste text into the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7839 BugTraq ID: 101832 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803