Name: CVE-2018-5137: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-5137, CWE-200, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01624

A legacy extension's non-contentaccessible, defined resources can be loaded by an arbitrary web page through script. This script does this by using a maliciously crafted path string to reference the resources. Note: this vulnerability does not affect WebExtensions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade waterfoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade libxul	Dec 10, 2025	Mar 13, 2018
Mfsa2018 06	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 59.0	Jul 12, 2018	Jun 11, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-other	May 20, 2018	Mar 14, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade firefox	Apr 26, 2018	Mar 14, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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