CVE-2020-26956

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In some cases, removing HTML elements during sanitization would keep existing SVG event handlers and therefore lead to XSS. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	< 83
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	< 78.5
Mozilla	Thunderbird	< 78.5

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1666300Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1666300Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 9, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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