Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2025 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2025-4088Cross-site request forgery via storage access API redirects

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 was fixed in Firefox 138 and Thunderbird 138.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmozjs102no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmozjs115no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs78no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmozjs91no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSthunderbird1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-4088

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox see references
Mozilla Thunderbird see references

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References