Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOX-6024589
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-5143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:13.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Debian.

URLs using "javascript:" have the protocol removed when pasted into the addressbar to protect users from cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, but if a tab character is embedded in the "javascript:" URL the protocol is not removed and the script will execute. This could allow users to be socially engineered to run an XSS attack against themselves. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.