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CVE-2018-5116

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.462

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Updates for Mozilla Firefox (58.0)Windows
Updates for Mozilla Firefox (x64) (58.0)Windows
Updates for Mozilla Firefox (58.0.1)Windows
Updates for Mozilla Firefox (x64) (58.0.1)Windows
Updates for Mozilla Firefox (58.0.2)Windows
Updates for Mozilla Firefox (x64) (58.0.2)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (58.0)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (58.0.1)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (58.0.2)Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 57.0.4Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-307006Updates for Mozilla Firefox (58.0)
PATCH-307008Updates for Mozilla Firefox (x64) (58.0)
PATCH-307031Updates for Mozilla Firefox (58.0.1)
PATCH-307034Updates for Mozilla Firefox (x64) (58.0.1)
PATCH-307091Updates for Mozilla Firefox (58.0.2)
PATCH-307094Updates for Mozilla Firefox (x64) (58.0.2)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234