What is CVE-2024-8897?

CVE-2024-8897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-8897?

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

Open Redirect in Google Android

CVE-2024-8897

Under certain conditions, an attacker with the ability to redirect users to a malicious site via an open redirect on a trusted site, may be able to spoof the address bar contents. This can lead to a malicious site to appear to have the same URL as the trusted site. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox for Android < 130.0.1.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.069 (93.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox For Android — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8897?: CVE-2024-8897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-8897?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.