VDB
CVE-2018-18497
CVE-2018-18497
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
EPSS 1.65% · 75.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
1.65%
75.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 0, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
Timeline
- Dec 11, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18497 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-18497 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3844-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18497 third-party-advisory