vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5176): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 9, 2018
Added
May 22, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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