CVE-2018-12395
By rewriting the Host: request headers using the webRequest API, a WebExtension can bypass domain restrictions through domain fronting. This would allow access to domains that share a host that are
02 Description
By rewriting the Host: request headers using the webRequest API, a WebExtension can bypass domain restrictions through domain fronting. This would allow access to domains that share a host that are
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-02-28 18:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 08:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d23f39ee695e534133910ddd512c8b75fc7c04023347a1bf0dd3c756bb161c31
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4324https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3005https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
- www.securityfocus.com105718http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3006https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3801-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181107 [SECURITY] [DLA 1571-1] firefox-esr security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
- www.securitytracker.com1041944http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1467523
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 63.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 60.3.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 60.3.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 60.3.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
- mozjs38 No fix yet
- mozjs52 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- mozjs52 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.