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CVE-2020-6808
Published: Mar 25, 2020
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
When a JavaScript URL (javascript:) is evaluated and the result is a string, this string is parsed to create an HTML document, which is then presented. Previously, this document's URL (as reported by the document.location property, for example) was the originating javascript: URL which could lead to spoofing attacks; it is now correctly the URL of the originating document. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 74.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Mozilla | Firefox | affected unspecified - < 74 |
References
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247968
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