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CVE-2025-8031

firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

The `username:password` part was not correctly stripped from URLs in CSP reports potentially leaking HTTP Basic Authentication credentials. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 141, Firefox ESR < 128.13, Firefox ESR < 140.1, Thunderbird < 141, Thunderbird < 128.13, and Thunderbird < 140.1.

A flaw was found in Firefox and Thunderbird. The Mozilla Foundation's Security Advisory describes the following issue:
The <code>username:password</code> part is incorrectly stripped from URLs in CSP reports, potentially leaking HTTP Basic Authentication credentials.

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

*Credits: Tom Schuster
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-07-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-07-22 CVE Published
  • 2025-07-23 CVE Updated
  • 2025-07-28 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla
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 Firefox
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Affected
Mozilla
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 Firefox Esr
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Affected
Mozilla
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 Thunderbird
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Affected
Fedoraproject
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 Fedora
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Affected
Slackware
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 Slackware Linux
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Affected