Vulnerability · CVE-2025-11712
A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type.
Published Oct 14, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 13, 2026 · A malicious page could
Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11712. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of A malicious page could is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (A malicious page could).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.22%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor mozilla
A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144, Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird 144, and Thunderbird 140.4.
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- vendor mozillaversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-11712
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11712. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of A malicious page could is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 14, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144, Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird 144, and Thunderbird 140.4.
Apr 13, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 144, Firefox ESR 140.4, Thunderbird 144, and Thunderbird 140.4.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-11712
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-11712
30-day exploitation probability 0.22%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-34202
A malicious page could have used the type attribute of an OBJECT tag to override the default browser behavior when encountering a web resource served without a content-type. This could have contributed to an XSS on a site that unsafely serves files without a content-type header.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026