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CVE-2025-6428 json

Firefox for Android opened URLs specified in a link querystring parameter

published last yr. modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-28735

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When a URL was provided in a link querystring parameter, Firefox for Android would follow that URL instead of the correct URL, potentially leading to phishing attacks. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 140
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 140-150200.9.21.1
  • pipewire SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 0.3.6-150200.3.11.1
  • pipewire SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 0.3.24-150300.4.8.1
  • pipewire SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 0.3.49-150400.3.7.1
  • pipewire SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 0.3.64-150500.3.7.2
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 140.1.0-150200.152.193.1
  • xdg-desktop-portal SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 1.8.0-150200.5.8.1
  • xdg-desktop-portal SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 1.10.1-150400.3.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02529-1SUSE-SU-2025:02339-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.0.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15371-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15325-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-6428 updated cvss 6.1

firefox: Firefox for Android opened URLs specified in a link querystring parameter

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 firefox, firefox-x11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 firefox, firefox-flatpak
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1970151 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

References

Sources

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