CVE-2018-5176

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-5176

    CVE-2018-5176

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442840

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    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
    CVE-2018-5176 | CVE-DB