CVE-2018-5168
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element.…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52.8
- affected unspecified – < 52.8
- affected unspecified – < 60
- affected unspecified – < 52.8
References
18
- RHSA-2018:1415 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201810-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1726 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201811-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3660-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1040896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-4199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3645-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1382-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180511 [SECURITY] [DLA 1376-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1725 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449548 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 104136 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-16953 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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