| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 140. This affects an unknown part of the component CSP Report Handler. The manipulation leads to debug log file. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-8031. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 140 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component CSP Report Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a debug log file vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-534. This entry has been deprecated because its abstraction was too low-level. See CWE-532. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
The `username:password` part was not correctly stripped from URLs in CSP reports potentially leaking HTTP Basic Authentication credentials. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 141, Firefox ESR < 128.13, Firefox ESR < 140.1, Thunderbird < 141, Thunderbird < 128.13, and Thunderbird < 140.1.
It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8031 since 07/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 242648 (Debian dsa-5964 : firefox-esr - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 141 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (242648) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1623). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Affected
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- IGEL OS
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
- Mozilla Thunderbird
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0
VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Debug log fileCWE: CWE-534 / CWE-532 / CWE-200
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 242648
Nessus Name: Debian dsa-5964 : firefox-esr - security update
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Thunderbird 141
Timeline
07/22/2025 CVE reserved07/23/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/23/2025 VulDB entry created
08/08/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgAdvisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-8031 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317363
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1623 - Mozilla Firefox , Firefox ESR und Thunderbird: Mehrere Schwachstellen
Entry
Created: 07/23/2025 08:34Updated: 08/08/2025 19:38
Changes: 07/23/2025 08:34 (56), 07/23/2025 17:06 (1), 07/24/2025 20:34 (2), 07/27/2025 19:16 (7), 07/31/2025 21:54 (1), 08/08/2025 19:38 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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