CVE-2007-1878

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the DOM templates (domplates) used by the console.log function in the Firebug extension before 1.03 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions, read arbitrary file:// URIs, or execute arbitrary code in the browser chrome, as demonstrated via the runFile function, related to lack of HTML escaping in the property name.

Affected products

Parakey Inc. Firebug: 1.01, 1.02

References

http://larholm.com/2007/04/06/0day-vulnerability-in-firebug/
http://secunia.com/advisories/24743
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2525
http://www.getfirebug.com/blog/2007/04/04/security-update/
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/firebug-goes-evil
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464740/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464786/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23315
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1272
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33451
http://larholm.com/2007/04/06/0day-vulnerability-in-firebug/
http://secunia.com/advisories/24743

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