Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5111
CVE-2018-5111
Description
When the text of a specially formatted URL is dragged to the addressbar from page content, the displayed URL can be spoofed to show a different site than the one loaded. This allows for phishing attacks where a malicious page can spoof the identify of another site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
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Affected products
4<58+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <58
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
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