CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5176
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• mozilla firefox (< 60.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442840 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442840 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory