{"cve":"CVE-2018-5116","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-11T21:29:13.530","modified":"2026-06-17T01:59:39.073","status":"Modified","description":"WebExtensions with the \"ActiveTab\" permission are able to access frames hosted within the active tab even if the frames are cross-origin. Malicious extensions can inject frames from arbitrary origins into the loaded page and then interact with them, bypassing same-origin user expectations with this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-346"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270","https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396399","https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/","https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","mozilla:firefox"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:51:47.459859389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-5116","score":0.01144,"percentile":0.66727,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}