CVE-2019-11698

5.3 MEDIUM
Published: July 23, 2019 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

If a crafted hyperlink is dragged and dropped to the bookmark bar or sidebar and the resulting bookmark is subsequently dragged and dropped into the web content area, an arbitrary query of a user's browser history can be run and transmitted to the content page via drop event data. This allows for the theft of browser history by a malicious site. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1543191
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1543191
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
59th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mozilla