CVE-2025-23109 (GCVE-0-2025-23109)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-11 03:36 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:30
VLAI
Title
Address bar spoofing on iOS using long hostnames
Summary
Long hostnames in URLs could be leveraged to obscure the actual host of the website or spoof the website address. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 134.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-13 17:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 512 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox for iOS Unaffected: 134 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Khalil Zhani
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