CVE-2019-11718
Last modified
CVE-2019-11718 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. Activity Stream can display content from sent from the Snippet Service website. This content is written to innerHTML on the Activity Stream page without sanitization, allowing for a potential access to other information available to the Activity Stream, such as browsing history, if the Snipper Service were compromised. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Activity Stream can display content from sent from the Snippet Service website. This content is written to innerHTML on the Activity Stream page without sanitization, allowing for a potential access to other information available to the Activity Stream, such as browsing history, if the Snipper Service were compromised. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 68.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408349Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1408349Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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