CVE-2025-0237

The WebChannel API, which is used to transport various information across processes, did not check the sending principal but rather accepted the principal being sent. This could have led to privilege escalation attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.

CVSS 3.1

5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 48% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-863

Published

2025-01-07

Modified

2026-10-05

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• mozilla:firefox
• mozilla:thunderbird

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1915257
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-01/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-02/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-04/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-05/

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