CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-18499

Origin Validation Error

Published: Feb 28, 2019 | Modified: Mar 01, 2019
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using a meta http-equiv=refresh on a page to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

Weakness

The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 62.0 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla * 60.2 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 60.2.1 (excluding)

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