CVE-2018-5167 (GCVE-0-2018-5167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
VLAI
Summary
The web console and JavaScript debugger do not sanitize all output that can be hyperlinked. Both will display "chrome:" links as active, clickable hyperlinks in their output. Web sites should not be able to directly link to internal chrome pages. Additionally, the JavaScript debugger will display "javascript:" links, which users could be tricked into clicking by malicious sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Improper linkification of chrome: and javascript: content in web console and JavaScript debugger
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447969 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 60 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-05-09 00:00
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