CVE-2018-18497

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 28, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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