Some HTML elements, such as <title> and <textarea>, can contain literal angle brackets without treating them as markup. It is possible to pass a literal closing tag to .innerHTML on these elements, and subsequent content after that will be parsed as if it were outside the tag. This can lead to XSS if a site does not filter user input as strictly for these elements as it does for other elements. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Thunderbird < 68.1, Thunderbird < 60.9, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-esr | Nov 8, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird | Apr 27, 2020 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debugsource | Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esr | Sep 9, 2019 | Sep 9, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade waterfoxUpgrade seamonkey | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox. | Nov 25, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 25 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 69.0 | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 26 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 68.1Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 27 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 60.9 | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 68.1Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird | Sep 16, 2021 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 60.9.0-11.4.14.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 60.9.0-11.4.14.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 60.9.0-11.4.14.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 60.9.0-11.4.14.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 16, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Sep 11, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-inuktitutUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade enigmailUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-vietnameseUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-thaiUpgrade firefox-gtk3-dataUpgrade firefox-glib2-langUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade libfirefox-gthread-2_0-0Upgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade firefox-gtk3-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-multipressUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodules-tigrignaUpgrade firefox-libharfbuzz0Upgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade firefox-libgtk-3-0Upgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-amharicUpgrade libfirefox-gobject-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-glib2-toolsUpgrade firefox-libpango-1_0-0Upgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-query-loadersUpgrade libfirefox-glib-2_0-0Upgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade firefox-libffi4Upgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade firefox-libcairo2Upgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade mozillafirefox-buildsymbolsUpgrade firefox-libatk-1_0-0Upgrade firefox-gtk3-toolsUpgrade firefox-gio-branding-upstreamUpgrade libfirefox-gmodule-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailerUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade firefox-libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-langUpgrade firefox-libcairo-gobject2Upgrade libfirefox-gio-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-libffi7Upgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade firefox-gtk3-langUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-ximUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade firefox-atk-langUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs | Sep 18, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
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