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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2018-5132 json

The Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as "about:debugging", if these pages are open in a tab.

published 2018-06-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-16918

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as "about:debugging", if these pages are open in a tab. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 59
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5132

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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