Focus v<138: URL Truncation Spoofing in Location Bar
CVE-2025-3859 Published on April 30, 2025
Websites directing users to long URLs that caused eliding to occur in the location view could leverage the truncating behavior to potentially trick users into thinking they were on a different webpage This vulnerability affects Focus < 138.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-3859 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-3859
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Affected Versions
Mozilla Focus:- Version unspecified and below 138 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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