CVE-2018-5168Missing Authorization in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages12 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified60
NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.8.0+1
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified52.8
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52.8
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 52.8.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.6, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-mc9q-rpjx-f8px: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-5168: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2018-5168: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element2018-06-11
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2018-05-25
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2018-05-11

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2018-05-25
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2018-05-11
Red Hat
Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction2018-05-09
Debian
CVE-2018-5168: firefox - Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by...2018

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5168 Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction2018-05-09
CVE-2018-5168 — Missing Authorization in Mozilla | cvebase