CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26956
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
In some cases, removing HTML elements during sanitization would keep existing SVG event handlers and therefore lead to XSS. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 83.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 78.5)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 78.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1666300 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1666300 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ Vendor Advisory