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CVE-2024-10460 (GCVE-0-2024-10460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-29 12:19 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:51
VLAI
Summary
The origin of an external protocol handler prompt could have been obscured using a data: URL within an `iframe`. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-31 17:40 UTC
CWE
  • Confusing display of origin for external protocol handler prompt
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 132 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 128.4 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 128.4 (custom)
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Credits
Shaheen Fazim
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