CVE-2018-5172: canonical ubuntu_linux Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-5172 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 11-06-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Live Bookmarks page and the PDF viewer can run injected script content if a user pastes script from the clipboard into them while viewing RSS feeds or PDF files. This could allow a malicious site to socially engineer a user to copy and paste malicious script content that could then run with the context of either page but does not allow for privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.59%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.03 pp
From 1.62% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 60 | < 60.0
Ubuntu1 product
- firefox< 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436482X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory