CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-5166.md

CVE-2018-5166

Description

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 permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

POC

Reference

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437325
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437325

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.