Clickjacking in Mozilla Firefox
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-451.
Summary
By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 127
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Mozilla Firefox 127
15 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-05296 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2024-05294 In violation of spec, cookie prefixes such as `__Secure` were being ignored if they were…Priority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2024-05290 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla FirefoxPriority MEDIUM 50
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5698
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-frpv-8jj9-m3cv
References
More Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-5698 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-5698 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-frpv-8jj9-m3cv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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