CVE-2018-5176 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-5176 PUBLISHED

The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

EPSS 0.39% · 59.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.39%

59.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	firefox	0, 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1, 45.0+build2-0ubuntu1, 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Timeline

May 11, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5176 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5176 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3645-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5176 third-party-advisory

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