CVE-2019-11720

Mozilla: Character encoding XSS vulnerability

Published Jul 23, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3390 Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4054-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:03 PM
Reserved
May 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 23, 2019, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 9, 2019, 12:00 AM