Exposed dangerous method or function in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11701
Published: May 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18566
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11701
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of a legacy support for webcal: protocol handler that allows to load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11701
Install updates from vendor's website.