CVE-2023-5732Network attack vector

Address bar spoofing via bidirectional characters

Published Oct 24, 2023 · Updated Dec 18, 2025

Address-bar spoofing in Firefox before 117, Firefox ESR before 115.4, and Thunderbird before 115.4.1 lets remote attackers misstate a visited site. The address bar trims a plain HTTP scheme before applying bidirectional Unicode ordering, allowing crafted right-to-left host and path text to visually reorder the protocol, host, and path. A victim must visit the crafted link; the direct result is misleading location and link-hover text, not code execution or data access.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.97%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Address-bar spoofing in Firefox before 117, Firefox ESR before 115.4, and Thunderbird before 115.4.1 lets remote attackers misstate a visited site. The address bar trims a plain HTTP scheme before applying bidirectional Unicode ordering, allowing crafted right-to-left host and path text to visually reorder the protocol, host, and path. A victim must visit the crafted link; the direct result is misleading location and link-hover text, not code execution or data access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-5732
Published
Oct 24, 2023
Updated
Dec 18, 2025
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 24, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <117

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Mozilla · Firefoxversion=unspecified <117
Mozilla · Thunderbirdversion=unspecified <115.4.1
Mozilla · Firefox ESRversion=unspecified <115.4

Published CVSS scores

6.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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