CVE-2025-11716 (GCVE-0-2025-11716)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-14 12:27 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Sandboxed iframes allowed links to open in external apps (Android only)
Summary
Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required "allow-" permission. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-15 13:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Unaffected:
144 , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Unaffected:
144 , ≤ *
(rpm)
|
guessed |
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 6.5,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2025-11716",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "none"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-10-15T13:21:06.795633Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-284",
"description": "CWE-284 Improper Access Control",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-15T13:25:37.843Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "Firefox",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "144",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
]
},
{
"product": "Thunderbird",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "144",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Axel Chong (@Haxatron)"
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"supportingMedia": [
{
"base64": false,
"type": "text/html",
"value": "Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required \"allow-\" permission. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144."
}
],
"value": "Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required \"allow-\" permission. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144."
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-04-13T14:31:17.064Z",
"orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
"shortName": "mozilla"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1818679"
},
{
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/"
},
{
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/"
}
],
"title": "Sandboxed iframes allowed links to open in external apps (Android only)"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
"assignerShortName": "mozilla",
"cveId": "CVE-2025-11716",
"datePublished": "2025-10-14T12:27:36.531Z",
"dateReserved": "2025-10-13T19:50:13.788Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-04-13T14:31:17.064Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2",
"vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
"epss": {
"cve": "CVE-2025-11716",
"date": "2026-10-02",
"epss": "0.00235",
"percentile": "0.13049"
},
"nvd": {
"cve": {
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"product": "Firefox",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "144",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
]
},
{
"product": "Thunderbird",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "144",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
]
}
],
"source": "security@mozilla.org"
}
],
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "DC554AD6-8F3F-4C92-85EA-C204204E9E9D",
"versionEndExcluding": "144.0",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "F7398846-C620-42AF-86CA-60C09184768A",
"versionEndExcluding": "144.0",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
},
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "F8B9FEC8-73B6-43B8-B24E-1F7C20D91D26",
"vulnerable": false
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
],
"operator": "AND"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required \"allow-\" permission. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2025-11716",
"lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:31:03.117",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 6.5,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
"impactScore": 3.6,
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"type": "Secondary"
}
],
"ssvcV203": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"ssvcData": {
"id": "CVE-2025-11716",
"options": [
{
"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "no"
},
{
"technicalImpact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-10-15T13:21:06.795633Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
}
}
]
},
"published": "2025-10-14T13:15:37.910",
"references": [
{
"source": "security@mozilla.org",
"tags": [
"Issue Tracking",
"Permissions Required"
],
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1818679"
},
{
"source": "security@mozilla.org",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/"
},
{
"source": "security@mozilla.org",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "security@mozilla.org",
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-284"
}
],
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
}
},
"redhat_vex": {
"current_release_date": "2026-04-13T19:24:06+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2025-11716",
"id": "CVE-2025-11716",
"initial_release_date": "2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "Sandboxed iframes allowed links to open in external apps (Android only)",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-11716.json",
"version": "3"
},
"suse_vex": {
"aggregate_severity": "critical",
"current_release_date": "2026-10-01T01:43:44Z",
"cve": "CVE-2025-11716",
"id": "CVE-2025-11716",
"initial_release_date": "2025-10-16T23:38:12Z",
"product_status:known_affected": "73",
"product_status:recommended": "9",
"source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
"status": "interim",
"title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2025-11716",
"url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2025-11716.json",
"version": "16"
},
"vulnrichment": {
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 6.5,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2025-11716",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "none"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-10-15T13:21:06.795633Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-284",
"description": "CWE-284 Improper Access Control",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-15T13:21:10.468Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "Firefox",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "144",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
]
},
{
"product": "Thunderbird",
"vendor": "Mozilla",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "144",
"versionType": "rpm"
}
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Axel Chong (@Haxatron)"
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"supportingMedia": [
{
"base64": false,
"type": "text/html",
"value": "Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required \"allow-\" permission. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144."
}
],
"value": "Links in a sandboxed iframe could open an external app on Android without the required \"allow-\" permission. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144 and Thunderbird 144."
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-04-13T14:31:17.064Z",
"orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
"shortName": "mozilla"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1818679"
},
{
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-81/"
},
{
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-84/"
}
],
"title": "Sandboxed iframes allowed links to open in external apps (Android only)"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
"assignerShortName": "mozilla",
"cveId": "CVE-2025-11716",
"datePublished": "2025-10-14T12:27:36.531Z",
"dateReserved": "2025-10-13T19:50:13.788Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-04-13T14:31:17.064Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
}
}
Loading…
Loading…
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Loading…
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
Loading…