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CVE-2020-6802 (GCVE-0-2020-6802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-24 21:13 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:11
VLAI
Summary
In Mozilla Bleach before 3.11, a mutation XSS affects users calling bleach.clean with noscript and a raw tag in the allowed/whitelisted tags option.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • mutation XSS
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Mozilla Bleach Affected: <=3.10
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