CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5132
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as "about:debugging", if these pages are open in a tab. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 59.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408194 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408194 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ Vendor Advisory