Address bar spoofing after malicious site visit
Published Jan 27, 2025 · Updated Apr 2, 2026
Address bar spoofing in Safari on affected Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to present a false site identity. Apple has not disclosed which Safari code path fails to validate or synchronize the displayed address with the loaded site's origin. Exploitation requires a user to visit an attacker-controlled website and is limited to deceptive address-bar content; Safari before 18.3 and macOS before 15.3 are affected.
Summary
What happened
Address bar spoofing in Safari on affected Apple operating systems allows remote attackers to present a false site identity. Apple has not disclosed which Safari code path fails to validate or synchronize the displayed address with the loaded site's origin. Exploitation requires a user to visit an attacker-controlled website and is limited to deceptive address-bar content; Safari before 18.3 and macOS before 15.3 are affected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24128
- Published
- Jan 27, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- T1036
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <18.3
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