#VU10980 Cross-origin bypass in Mozilla Firefox


Published: 2018-03-13

Vulnerability identifier: #VU10980

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5136

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Vendor: Mozilla

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can share a shared worker created from a data: URL in one tab by another tab with a different origin and bypass the same-origin policy.

Mitigation
Update to version 59.0.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 58.0


External links
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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