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CVE-2018-5116

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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Description

WebExtensions with the "ActiveTab" permission are able to access frames hosted within the active tab even if the frames are cross-origin. Malicious extensions can inject frames from arbitrary origins into the loaded page and then interact with them, bypassing same-origin user expectations with this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-3h65-3mjq-qqj8

Advisory Details

WebExtensions with the "ActiveTab" permission are able to access frames hosted within the active tab even if the frames are cross-origin. Malicious extensions can inject frames from arbitrary origins into the loaded page and then interact with them, bypassing same-origin user expectations with this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5116
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396399
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396399
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.975Z
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