CVE-2019-11720

Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1556230	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-07-23 14:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:08

NVD link : CVE-2019-11720

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11720

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-11720

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

opensuse

leap

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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