CVE-2025-11718: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
When the address bar was hidden due to scrolling on Android, a malicious page could create a fake address bar to fool the user in response to a visibilitychange event. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Firefox on Android allows a malicious page to spoof the browser's address bar by creating a fake address bar when the real one is hidden due to scrolling, exploiting the visibilitychange event. This could deceive users into trusting a malicious site by displaying a counterfeit URL bar. The issue is tracked as CVE-2025-11718 and was resolved in Firefox 144. The fix was included in a comprehensive security advisory (MFSA 2025-81) that addressed multiple vulnerabilities, including several high-impact memory safety bugs and other moderate-impact issues.
Potential Impact
The impact of this vulnerability is moderate, as it enables UI spoofing that could trick users into believing they are visiting a legitimate website when they are not. This could facilitate phishing or social engineering attacks. There is no indication of direct code execution or data compromise from this vulnerability alone. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla fixed this vulnerability in Firefox 144. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 144 or later to remediate this issue. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix is available and deployed, no additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.
CVE-2025-11718: Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Description
When the address bar was hidden due to scrolling on Android, a malicious page could create a fake address bar to fool the user in response to a visibilitychange event. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Firefox on Android allows a malicious page to spoof the browser's address bar by creating a fake address bar when the real one is hidden due to scrolling, exploiting the visibilitychange event. This could deceive users into trusting a malicious site by displaying a counterfeit URL bar. The issue is tracked as CVE-2025-11718 and was resolved in Firefox 144. The fix was included in a comprehensive security advisory (MFSA 2025-81) that addressed multiple vulnerabilities, including several high-impact memory safety bugs and other moderate-impact issues.
Potential Impact
The impact of this vulnerability is moderate, as it enables UI spoofing that could trick users into believing they are visiting a legitimate website when they are not. This could facilitate phishing or social engineering attacks. There is no indication of direct code execution or data compromise from this vulnerability alone. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Mozilla fixed this vulnerability in Firefox 144. Users and administrators should update to Firefox 144 or later to remediate this issue. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix is available and deployed, no additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2025-10-13T19:50:18.353Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68ee47d0509368ccaa6fc99f
Added to database: 10/14/2025, 12:53:36 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 11:36:22 AM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 12:36:57 AM
Views: 89
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