PT-2018-3412

CVE-2018-18495

Published

2018-12-11

Updated

2024-12-12

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.5

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Firefox versions prior to 64

Description: The issue is related to WebExtension content scripts being loaded into about: pages under certain circumstances, contrary to the permissions granted to extensions. This could enable an extension to interfere with the loading and usage of these pages, utilizing capabilities intended to be restricted.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 64, update to version 64 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CWE-275

Related identifiers

CVE-2018-18495