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CVE-2018-18497

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.

  • Published: Feb 28, 2019
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-18497
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
mozilla / firefox - 64.0
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04 18.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.10 18.10.x