Is CVE-2018-18499 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-18499 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-18499?

CVE-2018-18499 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-18499?

CVE-2018-18499 has an EPSS score of 1.05% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18499?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 62.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-18499

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using a meta http-equiv="refresh" on a page to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

CWE-346

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:62.0-1CVE-2018-18499

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:62.0Fixed in:62.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:62.0Fixed in:62.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:60.2Fixed in:60.2Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:60.2.1Fixed in:60.2.1Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.05%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory4

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