Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12370
Published: June 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13492
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12370
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to in Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. A remote attacker can trigger a payload when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypass CSRF protections and possibly conduct CSRF attack.
The weakness exists due to in Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. A remote attacker can trigger a payload when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypass CSRF protections and possibly conduct CSRF attack.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12370
Update to version 61.0.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 61.0