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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5132

This could allow a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.47%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.47% probability · 72th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
mozilla/firefox · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.