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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2025-43228 json

The issue was addressed with improved UI.

published 2025-07-29 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-23084

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.

Patch / fix

  • Apple Safari 18.6
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS 18.6
  • wpewebkit Debian 14 2.48.5-1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 12 2.48.5-1~deb12u1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 13 2.48.5-1~deb13u1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14 2.48.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-43228

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.48.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43228

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +5 more 2.48.5-150400.4.122.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +5 more 2.48.5-150400.4.122.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +7 more 2.48.5-150400.4.122.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 2.48.5-150200.150.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.48.5-150600.12.43.1
  • webkit2gtk4 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 2.48.5-150600.12.43.1
  • webkit2gtk3-soup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.48.5-150600.12.43.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 2.48.5-4.41.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02973-1SUSE-SU-2025:02777-1SUSE-SU-2025:02766-1SUSE-SU-2025:02765-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-43228 updated cvss 4.3

webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3, webkitgtk4, libwebkit2gtk, webkitgtk4-jsc, webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc, webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 webkit2gtk3, webkit2gtk3-jsc
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
15 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Apple Safari
  • Apple iOS and iPadOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.