Cross-site scripting in Mozilla Firefox
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The default webcal: protocol handler will load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This default was left in place as a legacy feature and has now been removed. *Note: this issue only affects users with an account on the vulnerable service. Other users are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 67
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 67
20 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 13 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-08754 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 47
- TI-2019-07186 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2019-08753 Use after free in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 45
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11701
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-frqr-7x7p-q8jj
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-11701 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-11701 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-frqr-7x7p-q8jj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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