CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-23974
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-02-26
- 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
Description
The DOMParser API did not properly process '<noscript>' elements for escaping. This could be used as an mXSS vector to bypass an HTML Sanitizer. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 86.0)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1528997%2C1683627 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1528997%2C1683627 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory