CVE-2009-4101

N/A Unknown

Published: November 29, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

infoRSS 1.1.4.2 and earlier extension for Firefox performs certain operations with chrome privileges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and perform cross-domain scripting attacks via the description tag of an RSS feed.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37467

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3323

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/361#version-1.2.0

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54370

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/37467

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3323

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/361#version-1.2.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54370

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.3%

80th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

didier_ernotte mozilla

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