A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4.
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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Description A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144, Firefox ESR < 140.4, Thunderbird < 144, and Thunderbird < 140.4.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-14T12:27:35.544Z

Reserved: 2025-10-13T19:50:07.919Z

Link: CVE-2025-11712

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-14T13:15:37.447

Modified: 2025-10-14T19:36:29.240

Link: CVE-2025-11712

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