CVE-2020-15676

MEDIUM

Firefox < 81.0, Firefox ESR < 78.3, Thunderbird < 78.3 - Cross-Site Scripting via SVG onload Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Firefox sometimes ran the onload handler for SVG elements that the DOM sanitizer decided to remove, resulting in JavaScript being executed after pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-43/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-44/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-42/
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1646140
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4770
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-02
Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html
Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0100
EPSS Percentile 77.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
mozilla/firefox < 81.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 78.3
mozilla/thunderbird < 78.3
opensuse/leap 15.1
opensuse/leap 15.2
Published Oct 01, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026