CVE-2025-6428 Firefox for Android opened URLs specified in a link querystring parameter

What is CVE-2025-6428?

CVE-2025-6428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 24 Jun 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

When a URL was provided in a link querystring parameter, Firefox for Android would follow that URL instead of the correct URL, potentially leading to phishing attacks. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 140.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6428?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2025-6428?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-6428 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6428 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-34r6-q8c8-23mx, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6428.