CVE-2018-12396

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    CVE-2018-12396

    Published: 28 Feb 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability where a WebExtension can run content scripts in disallowed contexts following navigation or other events. This allows for potential privilege escalation by the WebExtension on sites where content scripts should not be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High