CVE-2020-15676

Mozilla: XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element

Published Oct 1, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Firefox sometimes ran the onload handler for SVG elements that the DOM sanitizer decided to remove, resulting in JavaScript being executed after pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2387-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2408-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4768-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4770-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7663 Firefox sometimes ran the onload handler for SVG elements that the DOM sanitizer decided to remove, resulting in JavaScript being executed after pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4546-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:22 PM
Reserved
Jul 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 1, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 22, 2020, 12:00 AM