CVE-2025-55033: Vulnerability in Mozilla Focus for iOS
Dragging JavaScript links to the URL bar in Focus for iOS could be utilized to run malicious scripts, potentially resulting in XSS attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Focus for iOS 142.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves improper handling of drag-and-drop gestures in Mozilla Focus for iOS, allowing JavaScript links dragged to the URL bar to be executed incorrectly. This behavior can be exploited to perform XSS attacks, which may lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The issue was reported by Muneaki Nishimura and fixed in Focus for iOS 142. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires network access, low attack complexity, no privileges, user interaction, and results in a scope change with low confidentiality and integrity impacts and no availability impact.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript in the context of the browser, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks. This can result in limited compromise of user data confidentiality and integrity within the browser session. There is no impact on system availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in Mozilla Focus for iOS version 142. Users and administrators should update to this version to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2025-55033: Vulnerability in Mozilla Focus for iOS
Description
Dragging JavaScript links to the URL bar in Focus for iOS could be utilized to run malicious scripts, potentially resulting in XSS attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Focus for iOS 142.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves improper handling of drag-and-drop gestures in Mozilla Focus for iOS, allowing JavaScript links dragged to the URL bar to be executed incorrectly. This behavior can be exploited to perform XSS attacks, which may lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The issue was reported by Muneaki Nishimura and fixed in Focus for iOS 142. The CVSS vector indicates the attack requires network access, low attack complexity, no privileges, user interaction, and results in a scope change with low confidentiality and integrity impacts and no availability impact.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript in the context of the browser, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks. This can result in limited compromise of user data confidentiality and integrity within the browser session. There is no impact on system availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in Mozilla Focus for iOS version 142. Users and administrators should update to this version to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- mozilla
- Date Reserved
- 2025-08-05T13:26:34.686Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68a4e678ad5a09ad00fb5d9c
Added to database: 8/19/2025, 9:02:48 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 11:48:58 AM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 4:58:36 AM
Views: 133
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