CVE-2018-5113

—

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

2%p80

Published

Jun 11, 2018 (Jun 11, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Vendors: mozilla canonical
Products: firefox, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-862
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.0%)

In the news0 stories

No ingested article mentions this CVE yet.