CVE-2025-5020
Links using non-HTTP schemes opened from other apps such as Safari could have allowed spoofing of website addresses
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 139.
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
Links using non-HTTP schemes opened from other apps such as Safari could have allowed spoofing of website addresses
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 139.
- Record
CVE-2025-5020- 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-939
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-16036
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 139.
- Record
EUVD-2025-16036- 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-7mfw-wgr7-m3jg
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed...
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 139.
- Record
GHSA-7mfw-wgr7-m3jg- 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-939
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 139.
- Record
CVE-2025-5020- 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-939
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-5020
Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 139.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5020- 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
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-5020 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mozilla Firefox, published May 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.