Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Firefox ESR Browser History input validation

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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Firefox ESR. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Browser History. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-11698. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Firefox ESR (Web Browser) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Browser History. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was shared 07/23/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-11698 since 05/03/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371797 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2019-13,MFSA2019-14)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The entry VDB-138475 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/03/2019 🔍07/23/2019 🔍
07/23/2019 🔍
11/26/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-11698 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-138479
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Entry
Created: 07/23/2019 21:35Updated: 11/26/2025 09:54
Changes: 07/23/2019 21:35 (37), 07/09/2020 20:18 (18), 11/06/2023 08:44 (4), 11/06/2023 08:46 (1), 06/06/2024 08:35 (16), 11/26/2025 09:54 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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