CVE-2018-5132

Published: 14 March 2018

The Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as "about:debugging", if these pages are open in a tab. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
	bionic	Released (59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Released (59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (59.0)
	xenial	Released (59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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