CVE-2019-11744

Mozilla: XSS by breaking out of title and textarea elements using innerHTML

Published Sep 27, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Some HTML elements, such as &lt;title&gt; and &lt;textarea&gt;, 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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1910-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1926-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4516-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4523-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3414 Some HTML elements, such as &lt;title&gt; and &lt;textarea&gt;, 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4122-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4150-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:03 PM
Reserved
May 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 27, 2019, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 3, 2019, 12:00 AM