Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.6 Address Book cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.6. This affects an unknown function of the component Address Book. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-1015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 128.6 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Address Book. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Thunderbird Address Book URI fields contained unsanitized links. This could be used by an attacker to create and export an address book containing a malicious payload in a field. For example, in the “Other” field of the Instant Messaging section. If another user imported the address book, clicking on the link could result in opening a web page inside Thunderbird, and that page could execute (unprivileged) JavaScript. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 128.7 and Thunderbird 135.

The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-1015 since 02/04/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215144 (Debian dsa-5860 : thunderbird - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 128.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (215144). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 215144
Nessus Name: Debian dsa-5860 : thunderbird - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 128.7

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04/15/2026 +435 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294610

Entryinfo

Created: 02/04/2025 15:34
Updated: 04/15/2026 08:30
Changes: 02/04/2025 15:34 (8), 02/04/2025 15:35 (14), 02/04/2025 15:38 (34), 02/05/2025 23:28 (3), 02/07/2025 10:18 (12), 02/08/2025 05:57 (2), 04/15/2026 08:30 (12)
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Committer: mitr
Cache ID: 216::103

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