CVE-2018-18499

Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation using meta refresh and performance.getEntries to steal cross-origin URLs

Published Feb 28, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using a meta http-equiv="refresh" on a page to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10224 A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using a meta http-equiv="refresh" on a page to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.001}

epss

{'score': 0.00104}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:08 AM
Reserved
Oct 19, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 28, 2019, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:47 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 5, 2018, 12:00 AM