# CVE-2024-7524: Firefox adds web-compatibility shims in place of some tracking scripts blocked by Enhanced Tracking Protection.

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 129, 115.14, 128.1
- Published: 2024-08-06 · Updated: 2025-03-25

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 129
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 115.14
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 128.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox ESR, upgrade to a fixed version (129, 115.14, 128.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1909241
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-33/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-34/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-35/

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