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CVE-2018-5176

The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 60
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox

    fixed in 60

References 5

mozilla.org

securitytracker.com

usn.ubuntu.com

bugzilla.mozilla.org

securityfocus.com