CVE-2025-6429
MEDIUMDescription
Firefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an `embed` tag. This could have bypassed website security checks that restricted which domains users were allowed to embed. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140, Firefox ESR 128.12, Thunderbird 140, and Thunderbird 128.12.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2022-30781 | High | 7.5 | 88% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-36099 | Critical | 9.9 | 76% | - | Fix |
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