CVE-2018-12396 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5