Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2025-5270

 

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2025-5270

Published: May 27, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109879
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5270
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not always encrypt SNI even when encrypted DNS was enabled. A remote attacker with ability to intercept network traffic can gain access to sensitive data.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-5270

Install updates from vendor's website.

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