CVE-2018-5176

Published: 11 May 2018

The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
	bionic	Released (60.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Released (60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (60.0)
	xenial	Released (60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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