CVE-2025-5265 (GCVE-0-2025-5265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-27 12:29 – Updated: 2026-04-13 14:28
VLAI
Title
Potential local code execution in “Copy as cURL” command
Summary
Due to insufficient escaping of the ampersand character in the “Copy as cURL” feature, an attacker could trick a user into using this command, potentially leading to local code execution on the user's system. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 139, Firefox ESR 115.24, Firefox ESR 128.11, Thunderbird 139, and Thunderbird 128.11.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Unaffected: 115.24 , ≤ 115.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 128.11 , ≤ 128.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 139 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Unaffected: 128.11 , ≤ 128.* (rpm)
Unaffected: 139 , ≤ * (rpm)
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Credits
Ameen Basha M K
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