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CVE-2018-5175 (GCVE-0-2018-5175)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
VLAI
Summary
A mechanism to bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) protections on sites that have a "script-src" policy of "'strict-dynamic'". If a target website contains an HTML injection flaw an attacker could inject a reference to a copy of the "require.js" library that is part of Firefox's Developer Tools, and then use a known technique using that library to bypass the CSP restrictions on executing injected scripts. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Universal CSP bypass on sites using strict-dynamic in their policies
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432358 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 60 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-05-09 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2026-09-03T00:57:03Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2018-5175",
      "id": "CVE-2018-5175",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:31:55Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "30",
      "product_status:recommended": "83",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-5175",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-5175.json",
      "version": "11"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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