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CVE-2018-5116

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CVE-2018-5116

Published: Jun 11, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

WebExtensions with the "ActiveTab" permission are able to access frames hosted within the active tab even if the frames are cross-origin. Malicious extensions can inject frames from arbitrary origins into the loaded page and then interact with them, bypassing same-origin user expectations with this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 58

References

1040270
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-3544-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
102786
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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