Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5113
Published: January 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10199
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5113
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the failure to enforce the requirement of the browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over https:.. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and load privileges pages.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5113
Update to version 58.0.