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CVE-2024-7524: Firefox adds web-compatibility shims in place of some tracking scripts blocked by Enhanced Tracking Protection.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.48% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: firefox (AlmaLinux:8) 115.14.0-2.el8_10.alma.1; firefox (AlmaLinux:9) 115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1; firefox-x11 (AlmaLinux:9) 115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to firefox (AlmaLinux:8) 115.14.0-2.el8_10.alma.1; firefox (AlmaLinux:9) 115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1; firefox-x11 (AlmaLinux:9) 115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Firefox adds web-compatibility shims in place of some tracking scripts blocked by Enhanced Tracking Protection. On a site protected by Content Security Policy in "strict-dynamic" mode, an attacker able to inject an HTML element could have used a DOM Clobbering attack on some of the shims and achieved XSS, bypassing the CSP strict-dynamic protection. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 115.14, and Firefox ESR < 128.1.

MediumCVSS 6.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 6, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 42th percentile

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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mozillafirefox
mozillafirefox esr

Limit the impact of XSS

This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A well-configured Content-Security-Policy doesn't fix it, but greatly reduces its impact. Check your site's CSP and other security headers for free.

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mozilla firefoxbefore 129.0
  • mozilla firefox esrbefore 115.14
  • mozilla firefox esr116.0 and later · before 128.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mozilla). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Mozilla Firefox

    • unspecified and later · before 129affected

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    • unspecified and later · before 115.14affected
    • unspecified and later · before 128.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:8firefoxbefore 115.14.0-2.el8_10.alma.1115.14.0-2.el8_10.alma.1
AlmaLinux:9firefoxbefore 115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1
AlmaLinux:9firefox-x11before 115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1
Debian:11firefox-esrbefore 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1
Debian:12firefox-esrbefore 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1
Debian:13firefox-esrbefore 115.14.0esr-1115.14.0esr-1
openSUSE:TumbleweedMozillaFirefoxbefore 129.0-1.1129.0-1.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_100:115.14.0-2.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_100:115.14.0-2.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_100:115.14.0-2.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:115.14.0-2.el9_40:115.14.0-2.el9_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:115.14.0-2.el9_40:115.14.0-2.el9_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:115.14.0-2.el9_40:115.14.0-2.el9_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamfirefox-x11before 0:115.14.0-2.el9_40:115.14.0-2.el9_4
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_20:115.14.0-2.el8_2
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_20:115.14.0-2.el8_2
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_20:115.14.0-2.el8_2
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_40:115.14.0-2.el8_4
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_40:115.14.0-2.el8_4
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_40:115.14.0-2.el8_4
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_60:115.14.0-2.el8_6
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_60:115.14.0-2.el8_6
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:115.14.0-2.el8_60:115.14.0-2.el8_6
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:115.14.0-2.el9_00:115.14.0-2.el9_0

+12

Same product

mozilla: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2010-3765Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x befKEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2019-11708Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxeKEV
    87Now
  • CVE-2015-4495The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypassKEV
    86Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-7521Aug 6, 2024 · Incomplete WebAssembly exception handing could have led to a use-after-free.
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-7522Aug 6, 2024 · Editor code failed to check an attribute value.
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-7525Aug 6, 2024 · It was possible for a web extension with minimal permissions to create a `StreamFilter` which could be used to read and modify the response
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
almalinux:firefox115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:firefox-x11115.14.0-2.el9_4.alma.1 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
debian:firefox-esr115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:MozillaFirefox129.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:115.14.0-2.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:115.14.0-2.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debugsource0:115.14.0-2.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-x110:115.14.0-2.el9_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
rocky linux:firefox0:115.14.0-2.el8_10 · Rocky Linux:8Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-477684 days apartA file dialog shown while in full-screen mode could have resulted in the window remaining disabled.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2025-10534406 days apartSpoofing issue in the Site Permissions component
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2024-939456 days apartAn attacker could, via a specially crafted multipart response, execute arbitrary JavaScript under the `resource://devtools` origin.
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1046184 days apartIn multipart/x-mixed-replace responses, `Content-Disposition: attachment` in the response header was not respected and did not force a downl
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2024-11694112 days apartEnhanced Tracking Protection's Strict mode may have inadvertently allowed a CSP `frame-src` bypass and DOM-based XSS through the Google Safe
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2025-6430322 days apartContent-Disposition header ignored when a file is included in an embed or object tag
    24Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Show all references (3 more)

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