VDB-138482 · CVE-2019-11701 · Qualys 371797

Mozilla Firefox up to 66.x webcal: Protocol cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox up to 66.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component webcal: Protocol Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-11701. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 66.x (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component webcal: Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/23/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-11701 since 05/03/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 to version 67.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-138483, VDB-138481, VDB-138480 and VDB-138478 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 67.0

Timelineinfo

05/03/2019 🔍
07/23/2019 +81 days 🔍
07/23/2019 +0 days 🔍
06/06/2024 +1780 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-11701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-138482
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2019 21:36
Updated: 06/06/2024 09:59
Changes: 07/23/2019 21:36 (39), 07/09/2020 20:32 (18), 11/06/2023 08:56 (4), 11/06/2023 09:00 (1), 06/06/2024 09:59 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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