The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.989Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-5176

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:16.077

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:16.430

Link: CVE-2018-5176

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5176 - Bugzilla