CVE-2018-5133

MEDIUM

Firefox < 59.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via app.support.baseURL Preference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

If the "app.support.baseURL" preference is changed by a malicious local program to contain HTML and script content, this content is not sanitized. It will be executed if a user loads "chrome://browser/content/preferences/in-content/preferences.xul" directly in a tab and executes a search. This stored preference is also executed whenever an EME video player plugin displays a CDM-disabled message as a notification message. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430974
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/
Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430511

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0064
EPSS Percentile 70.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
mozilla/firefox < 59.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026