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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EUVD-2018-10222 | 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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USN-3844-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.995Z
Reserved: 2018-10-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-18497

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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-02-28T18:29:01.790
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:03.020
Link: CVE-2018-18497


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