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CVE-2018-5116
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-11T21:29:13.530 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:59:39.073

Summary

WebExtensions with the "ActiveTab" permission are able to access frames hosted within the active tab even if the frames are cross-origin. Malicious extensions can inject frames from arbitrary origins into the loaded page and then interact with them, bypassing same-origin user expectations with this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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References

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