Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2025-8031

The `username:password` part was not correctly stripped from URLs in CSP reports potentially leaking HTTP Basic Authentication credentials. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141, Firefox ESR 128.13, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141…

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8031?
CVE-2025-8031 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-8031?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8031 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.