CVE-2019-11744

6.1 MEDIUM
Published: September 27, 2019 Modified: November 25, 2025
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Description

Some HTML elements, such as &lt;title&gt; and &lt;textarea&gt;, can contain literal angle brackets without treating them as markup. It is possible to pass a literal closing tag to .innerHTML on these elements, and subsequent content after that will be parsed as if it were outside the tag. This can lead to XSS if a site does not filter user input as strictly for these elements as it does for other elements. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Thunderbird < 68.1, Thunderbird < 60.9, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1562033
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07
Source: security@mozilla.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/
Source: security@mozilla.org
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1562033
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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