CVE-2024-10465VulnerabilityPublished 29 Oct 2024Updated 3 Nov 2025

CVE-2024-10465: Mozilla Firefox · Clipboard "paste" button persisted across tabs

Affects Mozilla FirefoxSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 132 or 128.4 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 46% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 132, 128.4

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 Oct 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Mozilla Firefox to 132 or 128.4.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Mozilla Firefox	Affected <132 <128.4	Fixed in 132 128.4

AI-suggested

European organizations should immediately inventory their Firefox and Thunderbird deployments to identify affected versions (Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4 and < 132). They should plan and execute prompt updates to the latest patched versions once Mozilla releases them. If you cannot patch yet, organizations can consider disabling clipboard-related UI features or restricting browser usage policies to limit exposure. Security teams should monitor browser behavior for anomalous or persistent UI elements that could indicate exploitation attempts. User awareness training should emphasize caution when interacting with unexpected clipboard prompts or buttons. Network-level defenses such as web filtering and intrusion detection systems should be tuned to detect suspicious activity related to spoofing or UI manipulation. Additionally, organizations should maintain robust endpoint security solutions to detect and prevent secondary payloads that may result from exploitation. Coordination with Mozilla’s security advisories and rapid deployment of updates will be critical to mitigating this vulnerability.

Description

A clipboard "paste" button could persist across tabs which allowed a spoofing attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to the integrity of user interactions within Firefox and Thunderbird, which are widely used in enterprise and government environments. Attackers could exploit this flaw to conduct spoofing attacks that trick users into pasting malicious or unintended data, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data corruption, or further compromise. Although confidentiality and availability are not directly impacted, the integrity breach can facilitate phishing, social engineering, or malware delivery campaigns. This is particularly concerning for sectors handling sensitive information, such as finance, healthcare, and public administration. The lack of required privileges or user interaction lowers the barrier for attackers, increasing the likelihood of exploitation in targeted attacks. Organizations relying on Firefox ESR versions for stability and security updates must prioritize patching to avoid exposure. The absence of known exploits in the wild provides a window for proactive mitigation, but the public disclosure increases the risk of imminent exploitation attempts.

CWE-290Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A07:2025: Authentication Failures (opens in a new tab)
This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
REST Security (opens in a new tab)
JSON Web Token for Java (opens in a new tab)
OWASP Authentication (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V3.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
V2.8.5 (opens in a new tab)
V2.8.4 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Web Services API Signature Forgery Leveraging Hash Function Extension Weakness (opens in a new tab)
Signature Spoof (opens in a new tab)
Signature Spoofing by Misrepresentation (opens in a new tab)
Session Credential Falsification through Prediction (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 3 Nov 2025, 23:14 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-290

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