CVE-2018-12396
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-02-28 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 08:30
Severity ?
Summary
A vulnerability where a WebExtension can run content scripts in disallowed contexts following navigation or other events. This allows for potential privilege escalation by the WebExtension on sites where content scripts should not be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
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