CVE-2018-5111

When the text of a specially formatted URL is dragged to the addressbar from page content, the displayed URL can be spoofed to show a different site than the one loaded. This allows for phishing attacks where a malicious page can spoof the identify of another site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321619Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321619Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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