Vulnerability: Unsanitized Hyperlinks in Web Console and JavaScript Debugger

CVE-2018-5167 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The web console and JavaScript debugger do not sanitize all output that can be hyperlinked. Both will display "chrome:" links as active, clickable hyperlinks in their output. Web sites should not be able to directly link to internal chrome pages. Additionally, the JavaScript debugger will display "javascript:" links, which users could be tricked into clicking by malicious sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

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