# CVE-2018-18499: Information disclosure in Firefox

> Attackers can steal cross-origin URL entries via meta refresh redirection, exposing sensitive browsing history data to malicious sites.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18499, GHSA-h7hh-7f6j-x9mh, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18499

## What is CVE-2018-18499?

CVE-2018-18499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 28 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18499?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr, Mozilla Thunderbird.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-18499?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2018-18499 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18499 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

- [CVE-2019-11708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11708/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3765/): Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26486/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26485/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-11707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11707/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-18499 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-18499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 28 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18499 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18499/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18499/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18499
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18499
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18499

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18499/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.