Link-destination spoofing via unescaped bidi controls
Published Nov 11, 2025 · Updated Apr 13, 2026
URL spoofing in Mozilla Firefox before 145 and Firefox ESR before 115.30 or 140.5 allows remote attackers to disguise link targets. The status-panel formatter decodes URLs without escaping LRI, PDI, and ALM bidirectional controls, allowing visible text to reorder into a false domain. A victim must hover over an attacker-supplied link and then follow it; the preview can show a trusted domain while navigation reaches another domain.
Summary
What happened
URL spoofing in Mozilla Firefox before 145 and Firefox ESR before 115.30 or 140.5 allows remote attackers to disguise link targets. The status-panel formatter decodes URLs without escaping LRI, PDI, and ALM bidirectional controls, allowing visible text to reorder into a false domain. A victim must hover over an attacker-supplied link and then follow it; the preview can show a trusted domain while navigation reaches another domain.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13015
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-290, T1566.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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