### [CVE-2018-5113](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5113)
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### Description

The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425267

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.