A missing delay in directory upload UI could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permission via…

Description

A missing delay in directory upload UI could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permission via clickjacking. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.

Weakness

• Potential directory upload bypass via clickjacking
• CWE-1021 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-1021 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Mozilla · Firefox

  • affected unspecified – < 131

• Mozilla · Firefox ESR

  • affected unspecified – < 128.3

• Mozilla · Thunderbird

  • affected unspecified – < 128.3

• Mozilla · Thunderbird

  • affected unspecified – < 131

References (5)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1916659 (opens in a new tab)
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-46/ (opens in a new tab)
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-47/ (opens in a new tab)
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-49/ (opens in a new tab)
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-50/ (opens in a new tab)

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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Record last updated 2 Mar 2026, 17:48 UTC.