CVE-2020-6798

MEDIUM

Firefox < 73.0 and Firefox ESR < 68.5.0 - Cross-Site Scripting via Template Tag in Select Element

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

If a template tag was used in a select tag, the parser could be confused and allow JavaScript parsing and execution when it should not be allowed. A site that relied on the browser behaving correctly could suffer a cross-site scripting vulnerability as a result. In general, this flaw cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Permissions Required x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1602944
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0165
EPSS Percentile 82.2%
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 (3)
mozilla/firefox < 73.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 68.5.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 68.5.0
Published Mar 02, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026