Re: Seamless iframes + CSS3 selectors = bad idea

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, sird@rckc.at wrote:
> 
> Regarding this problem, I think we can't really fix the CSS3 selectors 
> since several browsers already implement it, so the thread was about the 
> seamless iframes on html5.
> 
> Could it be possible to NOT parse this selectors inside seamless 
> iframes?
> 
> I mean, the frame would parse everything except for selectors that match 
> text..
> 
> That at least wont introduce a new vulnerability on seamless iframes, 
> and I think is a fair sacrifice (not use *= $= and ^= selectors inside 
> the seamless iframes) for security.

What is the attack vector with seamless <iframe>s? Didn't the recent 
change address this?

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