CVE-2025-27425
QR code user confirmation bypass with invalid protocol
Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could allow the URL to be opened without presenting the user with a confirmation alert first. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 136.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
QR code user confirmation bypass with invalid protocol
Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could allow the URL to be opened without presenting the user with a confirmation alert first. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 136.
- Record
CVE-2025-27425- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-7773
Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could allow the URL to be opened without presenting the user with a confirmation alert first. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 136.
- Record
EUVD-2025-7773- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-249w-xh84-97wj
Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could allow the URL to be opened...
Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could allow the URL to be opened without presenting the user with a confirmation alert first This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 136.
- Record
GHSA-249w-xh84-97wj- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Scanning certain QR codes that included text with a website URL could allow the URL to be opened without presenting the user with a confirmation alert first. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 136.
- Record
CVE-2025-27425- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-27425 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mozilla Firefox, published March 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.