Authorization Flaw in Mozilla Firefox (CVE-2025-0237)
Summary
Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox (CVE-2025-0237). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The WebChannel API, which is used to transport various information across processes, did not check the sending principal but rather accepted the principal being sent. This could have led to privilege escalation attacks. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 134, Firefox ESR 128.6, Thunderbird 134, and Thunderbird 128.6.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0237 has been found in Mozilla Firefox.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Mozilla Firefox CVE-2025-0237" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-0237 (Mozilla Firefox) — CWE-863 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Incorrect authorization (CWE-863) exists in Mozilla Firefox.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Mozilla Firefox.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Firefox' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Firefox' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Firefoxを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-0237 firefox-esr Fixed in: 128.6.0esr-1~deb11u3
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0237 mozjs52
References
- issue security@mozilla.org
- patch security@mozilla.org
- patch security@mozilla.org
- patch security@mozilla.org
- patch security@mozilla.org
- web lists.debian.org