CVE-2025-4088

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1953521	Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-28/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-31/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::-:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-04-29 14:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 09:32

NVD link : CVE-2025-4088

Mitre link : CVE-2025-4088

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-4088

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

thunderbird
firefox

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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