Medium severity · published Mar 2, 2020
CVE-2020-6798
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
6.1
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 73.0 · source: NVD
FE
Firefox Esr · Mozilla
before 68.5.0 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 68.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6798
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6798
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1602944
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
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