CVE-2019-17016

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-08

When pasting a &lt;style&gt; tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer incorrectly rewrites a @namespace rule. This could allow for injection into certain types of websites resulting in data exfiltration. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

Do I need to act?

~
3.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.1/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

49
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate