CVE-2018-5132

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p72

Published

Jun 11, 2018 (Jun 11, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: mozilla canonical
Products: firefox, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.5%)

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