Bug 1576267 (CVE-2018-5166) - CVE-2018-5166 Mozilla: WebExtension host permission bypass through filterReponseData
Summary: CVE-2018-5166 Mozilla: WebExtension host permission bypass through filterRepo...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-5166
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1573375
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Reported: 2018-05-09 07:14 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-26 02:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:22:05 UTC
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Description Doran Moppert 2018-05-09 07:14:51 UTC 
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 permissions.



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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5166
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-05-09 07:14:56 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Francois Lajeunesse Robert
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