CVE-2025-4088 (GCVE-0-2025-4088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-29 13:13 – Updated: 2025-05-01 14:22
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Summary
A security vulnerability in Thunderbird allowed malicious sites to use redirects to send credentialed requests to arbitrary endpoints on any site that had invoked the Storage Access API. This enabled potential Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks across origins. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138 and Thunderbird < 138.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Cross-site request forgery via storage access API redirects
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 138 (custom)
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    Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 138 (custom)
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Credits
Chris P. Fredrickson
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