CVE-2019-11701 - The default webcal: protocol handler will load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

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MEDIUM

The default webcal: protocol handler will load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

Published Jul 23, 2019

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.64%

Description

The default webcal: protocol handler will load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This default was left in place as a legacy feature and has now been removed. *Note: this issue only affects users with an account on the vulnerable service. Other users are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.

Affected products

Vendor Mozilla Product Firefox Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <67

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<67

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1518627
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1518627		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory