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Adblock Plus Filters Can Be Exploited to Run Malicious Code

An exploit has been discovered that could allow ad blocking filter list maintainers for the Adblock Plus, AdBlock, and uBlocker browser extensions to create filters that inject remote scripts into web sites. Under certain conditions it is possible for a rogue ad blocker filter maintainer to create a rule that injects a remote script into a particular site. The only caveat is that the replacement string must be a relative URL, which means it does not contain a hostname, and when rewritten must be in the same origin as the original request.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adblock-plus-filters-can-be-exploited-to-run-malicious-code/

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