XSS in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2018-5172
The Live Bookmarks page and the PDF viewer can run injected script content if a user pastes script from the clipboard into them while viewing RSS feeds or PDF files. This could allow a malicious site to socially engineer a user to copy and paste malicious script content that could then run with the context of either page but does not allow for privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5172?
- CVE-2018-5172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5172?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.