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CVE-2018-18497
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-28T18:29:01.790 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:47:24.227

Summary

Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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