CVE-2018-5132

medium

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408194

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01542