Description
Development Tools panels of an extension are required to load URLs for the panels as relative URLs from the extension manifest file but this requirement was not enforced in all instances. This could allow the development tools panel for the extension to load a URL that it should not be able to access, including potentially privileged pages. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16898 Development Tools panels of an extension are required to load URLs for the panels as relative URLs from the extension manifest file but this requirement was not enforced in all instances. This could allow the development tools panel for the extension to load a URL that it should not be able to access, including potentially privileged pages. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3544-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Mozilla Firefox
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.832Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5112

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:13.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:07.897

Link: CVE-2018-5112

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