CVE-2018-5113 (GCVE-0-2018-5113)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 05:26
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CWE
- WebExtensions can load non-HTTPS pages with browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow
Summary
The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
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