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CVE-2018-18497

UNKNOWN
Published 2019-02-28T18:00:00
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Description

Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

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GHSA-9467-r3c9-7387

Advisory Details

Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

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Published: 2019-02-28T18:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.995Z
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