The vulnerability could allow malware or malicious scripts in another program or process to access sensitive kernel memory areas and extract it. (coinbureau.com)
If the router itself were vulnerable and some sort of malicious script in your web browser attempted to exploit a cross site scripting vulnerability, accessing known - vulnerable routers at their local IP address and tampering with them, the attack would fail. (howtogeek.com)
NoScript for Firefox pre-emptively blocks malicious scripts and allows JavaScript, Java and other potentially dangerous content only from sites you trust. (myintimcity.com)