# CVE-2025-41408: Open redirect in "Yahoo! Shopping" App for Android

> A remote attacker can redirect users to arbitrary websites via a custom URL scheme, facilitating phishing attacks in the Yahoo! Shopping Android app.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h642-mphj-q5v4

## What is CVE-2025-41408?

CVE-2025-41408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in LY Corporation "Yahoo! Shopping" App for Android, published on 5 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper authorization in handler for custom URL scheme issue in "Yahoo! Shopping" App for Android versions prior to 14.15.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker may lead a user to access an arbitrary website on the vulnerable App. As a result, the user may become a victim of a phishing attack.

Weakness: CWE-939 (Improper Authorization in Handler for Custom URL Scheme)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41408?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-41408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-41408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-41408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-41408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in LY Corporation "Yahoo! Shopping" App for Android, published on 5 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: LY Corporation "Yahoo! Shopping" App for Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41408/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41408

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41408/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.