#VU10199 Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5113 

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#VU10199 Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5113

Published: January 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10199
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5113
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the failure to enforce the requirement of the browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over https:.. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and load privileges pages.


Remediation

Update to version 58.0.

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