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CVE-2024-4768
A bug in popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn made it easier for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This…
Medium6.1EPSS 0.54%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mozilla
Description
A bug in popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn made it easier for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126, Firefox ESR < 115.11, and Thunderbird < 115.11.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking
- CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-281 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 126
- affected unspecified – < 115.11
- affected unspecified – < 115.11
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886082 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-21/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-22/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-23/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00010.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00012.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-4768)Record last updated .