Applescript can't get name of front window

The AppleScript support seems broken or unreliable (at least on OSX 10.10.1).
For example, this little, very basic script worked in Firefox 33 but now (34?, 35 or 36) NOT anymore:
tell application "Firefox"
name of front window
end tell
==>
error "plugin-container got an error: Can’t get name of window 1." number -1728 from name of window 1
Hint: If you check the output of the next applescript snippet, you see that the 'windows' don't even get a correct id.
tell application "Firefox"
windows
end tell

A further hint (tested on firefox version 35 and 36):
In the script, application 'Firefox' gets replaced by 'plugin-container' when compiling the script !!!

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