# CVE-2024-7524: Cross-site scripting in Firefox

> Attackers can achieve XSS and bypass CSP strict-dynamic via DOM Clobbering in Firefox web-compatibility shims.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7524, GHSA-7m9h-4qg6-4hmh, OESA-2024-2099, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-7524

## What is CVE-2024-7524?

CVE-2024-7524 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 6 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Firefox adds web-compatibility shims in place of some tracking scripts blocked by Enhanced Tracking Protection.  On a site protected by Content Security Policy in "strict-dynamic" mode, an attacker able to inject an HTML element could have used a DOM Clobbering attack on some of the shims and achieved XSS, bypassing the CSP strict-dynamic protection. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129, Firefox ESR < 115.14, and Firefox ESR < 128.1.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7524?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7524?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-7524 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

- [CVE-2019-11708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11708/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3765/): Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26486/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26485/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-11707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11707/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7524 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7524 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 6 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7524/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7524/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7524
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7524
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7524

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7524/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.