CVE-2025-8031 | Incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports

The `username:password` part was not correctly stripped from URLs in CSP reports potentially leaking HTTP Basic Authentication credentials. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 141, Firefox ESR 128.13, Firefox ESR 140.1, Thunderbird 141, Thunderbird 128.13, and Thunderbird 140.1.

Published: 2025-07-22 Last update: 2026-04-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-8031 is rated Moderate Risk (61.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-8031

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-18 0.12% 0.44% +0.33%
2 2026-02-25 0.16% 0.12% -0.04%
3 2026-02-15 0.16%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-8031

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-8031

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-8031

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-8031: 3 source package rows (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird); 381 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 381. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-8031
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-8031 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (firefox, firefox-esr, thunderbird), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8031
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8031
suse high CVE-2025-8031 severity important: SUSE including 79 source package names (2.1.3-4.11:qemu-guest-agent-8.2.7-1.1, MozillaFirefox-140.1.0-112.273.1, …), 356 product×package rows across 47 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (47 product lines)): Fixed 353, First Fixed 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8031/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-8031 medium priority: Ubuntu including 9 source packages (firefox, mozjs102, …), 49 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 22, ignored 9, needs-triage 9, not-affected 7, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-8031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 128.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 141.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 140.0, < 140.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 128.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 141.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 140.0, < 140.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-8031

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