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CVE ID: CVE-2017-7840

Description: JavaScript can be injected into an exported bookmarks file by placing JavaScript code into user-supplied tags in saved bookmarks. If the resulting exported HTML file is later opened in a browser this JavaScript will be executed. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks if users were convinced to add malicious tags to bookmarks, export them, and then open the resulting file. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7840
BugTraq ID: 101832
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803

CVE ID:	CVE-2017-7840
Description:	JavaScript can be injected into an exported bookmarks file by placing JavaScript code into user-supplied tags in saved bookmarks. If the resulting exported HTML file is later opened in a browser this JavaScript will be executed. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks if users were convinced to add malicious tags to bookmarks, export them, and then open the resulting file. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7840 BugTraq ID: 101832 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803