CVE-2021-29944

MEDIUM

Firefox < 88.0 - HTML Injection in Reader View

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Lack of escaping allowed HTML injection when a webpage was viewed in Reader View. While a Content Security Policy prevents direct code execution, HTML injection is still possible. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1697604

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.4%
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 (1)
mozilla/firefox < 88.0
Published Jun 24, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026