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From Secunia:

Description:
pdp has reported a vulnerability in the Firebug extension for Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Firebug does not properly sanitise input passed to the “console.log()” function. This can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary script code within the “chrome:” context by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.02.

Solution:
Update to version 1.02.

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[tags]Mozilla, Firebug, Firefox Extension, Vulnerability[/tags]

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