CVE-2018-12396

Name
CVE-2018-12396
Description
A vulnerability where a WebExtension can run content scripts in disallowed contexts following navigation or other events. This allows for potential privilege escalation by the WebExtension on sites where content scripts should not be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
Broken Link https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox >= None < 63.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox_esr >= None < 60.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status