Mozilla Thunderbird up to 132 CSP cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 132. This affects an unknown function of the component CSP Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-11694. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 132. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component CSP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Enhanced Tracking Protection's Strict mode may have inadvertently allowed a CSP `frame-src` bypass and DOM-based XSS through the Google SafeFrame shim in the Web Compatibility extension. This issue could have exposed users to malicious frames masquerading as legitimate content. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133, Firefox ESR < 128.5, Firefox ESR < 115.18, Thunderbird < 133, and Thunderbird < 128.5.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-11694 since 11/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/13/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211877 (Mozilla Firefox ESR < 128.5), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 133 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211877). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Mail Client Software

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• Mozilla

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• Thunderbird

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• 132

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

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