CVE-2019-17022

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 8, 2020 at 09:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
9 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

When pasting a &lt;style&gt; tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer does not escape &lt; and &gt; characters. Because the resulting string is pasted directly into the text node of the element this does not result in a direct injection into the webpage; however, if a webpage subsequently copies the node's innerHTML, assigning it to another innerHTML, this would result in an XSS vulnerability. Two WYSIWYG editors were identified with this behavior, more may exist. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 72v < 72.0
Affected range stops below 72, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 72.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 68.4
Affected range stops below 68.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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