CVE-2019-11720 (GCVE-0-2019-11720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-23 13:17 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:03
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Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
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  • Character encoding XSS vulnerability
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 68 (custom)
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