CVE-2018-5132

The Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as "about:debugging", if these pages are open in a tab. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

• CWE-200

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408194Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408194Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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