Vulnerability · CVE-2025-6429
Firefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an tag.
Published Jun 24, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 13, 2026 · Firefox could have incorrectly
Check this week
CVE-2025-6429 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Firefox could have incorrectly.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Firefox could have incorrectly).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 36.00%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor mozilla
Firefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an 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.
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- vendor mozillaversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-6429
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-6429 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Firefox could have incorrectly.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 36.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 24, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Firefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an 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.
Apr 13, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Firefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an 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.
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-21378
Firefox could have incorrectly parsed a URL and rewritten it to the youtube.com domain when parsing the URL specified in an tag. This could have bypassed website security checks that restricted which domains users were allowed to embed. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Apr 13, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.