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CVE-2025-55030: Mozilla Firefox for iOS · Weak Password Recovery

Affects Mozilla Firefox for iOSSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium : upgrade to 142 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 142
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Mozilla Firefox for iOS to 142.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mozilla Firefox for iOSAffected
  • <142
Fixed in
  • 142

AI-suggested

Mozilla has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Firefox for iOS version 142. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since the vulnerability is fixed, no additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the update.

Description

Firefox for iOS would not respect a Content-Disposition header of type Attachment and would incorrectly display the content inline rather than downloading, potentially allowing for XSS attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 142.

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