Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5176
CVE-2018-5176
Description
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.
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Affected products
24<60+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <60
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/nvdVendor Advisory
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