What is CVE-2024-5698?

CVE-2024-5698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (Clickjacking). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-5698?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127.

Published 2024-06-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5698?: CVE-2024-5698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (Clickjacking). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-5698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.