CVE-2020-15653

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An iframe sandbox element with the allow-popups flag could be bypassed when using noopener links. This could have led to security issues for websites relying on sandbox configurations that allowed popups and hosted arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 78.1
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 79
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 78.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1521542Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1521542Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 10, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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