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CVE-2018-5152

Mozilla: WebExtensions information leak through webRequest API

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 9, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

WebExtensions with the appropriate permissions can attach content scripts to Mozilla sites such as accounts.firefox.com and listen to network traffic to the site through the "webRequest" API. For example, this allows for the interception of username and an encrypted password during login to Firefox Accounts. This issue does not expose synchronization traffic directly and is limited to the process of user login to the website and the data displayed to the user once logged in. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor