CVE-2024-30040
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-30040- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-27980
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-27980- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmh4-cvwv-5vmm
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-mmh4-cvwv-5vmm- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for a security feature bypass.
- Record
CVE-2024-30040- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-30040- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows
- microsoft windows 10 version 1507
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h3
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
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- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 1507
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-30040 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Windows, published May 14, 2024. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since May 14, 2024. EUVD reports exploitation since May 14, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.94%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.