CVE-2018-5113 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Firefox versions prior to 58, as well as Canonical Firefox and Ubuntu Linux. It stems from improper enforcement of the HTTPS requirement within the "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions, potentially allowing privileged pages to be loaded by an extension. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this network-exploitable flaw could lead to high confidentiality impact without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 57.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 58CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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