Improper Access Control Affecting mozilla package, versions [,60.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378683
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-5166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 60.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. WebExtensions can use request redirection and a "filterReponseData" filter to bypass host permission settings to redirect network traffic and access content from a host for which they do not have explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

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