6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-15676
Firefox SVG DOM Sanitizer Onload Handler Script Injection
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 1, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 16, 2022, 3:12 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15676 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-15676.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html Broken Link Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html Broken Link Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1646140 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-02 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4770 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-42/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-43/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-44/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-15676 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-15676 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-02 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4770 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4770 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4770 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1646140 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1646140 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-42/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-42/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-43/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-43/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-44/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-44/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 81.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 78.3 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 78.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.66 }} -0.02%

score

0.79669

percentile

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