CVE-2018-5111

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 11, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-5111: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix