Security Advisory

CVE-2018-5113

7.5
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Published Date June 11, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory