Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2020-6808

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.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6808?
CVE-2020-6808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-6808?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-6808 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.