CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12370
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Description
In Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. This allows for a payload to be triggered when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypassing CSRF protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 61.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• mozilla firefox (< 61.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456652 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456652 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory