CVE-2025-43228
published 2025-07-30CVE-2025-43228: 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…
PriorityP420medium4.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.85%
54.5th percentile
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.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | ios_18.6_and_ipados | — | — |
| apple | ios_and_ipados | < 18.6 | 18.6 |
| apple | ipados | < 18.6 | 18.6 |
| apple | iphone_os | < 18.6 | 18.6 |
| apple | safari | < 18.6 | 18.6 |
| apple | safari | — | — |
| debian | webkit2gtk | < webkit2gtk 2.48.5-1~deb12u1 (bookworm) | webkit2gtk 2.48.5-1~deb12u1 (bookworm) |
| debian | wpewebkit | < webkit2gtk 2.48.5-1~deb12u1 (bookworm) | webkit2gtk 2.48.5-1~deb12u1 (bookworm) |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.14.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-08-19
CVE-2025-43227 WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
Title: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.
Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript
engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,
including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and
arbitrary code execution.
Instructions: This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications
that use WebKitGTK, such as Epiphany, to make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
vendor_redhat·2025-08-01·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CWE-451 webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
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.
A flaw was found in WebKitGTK. A malicious website can manipulate the address bar, potentially misleading users about the website they are visiting due to UI issues.
Statement: To exploit this flaw, an attacker needs to trick a user into visiting a malicious website.
Mitigation: Do not visit untrusted websites. Also, do not process or load untrusted web content with WebKitGTK.
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the following packages require WebKitGTK4: evolution-data-server, glade, gnome-boxes, gnome-initial-setup, gnome-online-accounts, gnome-shell, sh
Apple
CVE-2025-43228: Safari 18.6
vendor_apple·2025-07-30·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228: Safari 18.6
Apple Security Update: About the security content of Safari 18.6
Product: Safari
Version: 18.6
CVE: CVE-2025-43228
Component: WebKit
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
Apple
CVE-2025-43228: iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6
vendor_apple·2025-07-29·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228: iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6
Apple Security Update: About the security content of iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6
Product: iOS 18.6 and iPadOS
Version: 18.6
CVE: CVE-2025-43228
Component: WebKit
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: The issue was addressed with improved UI.
Debian
CVE-2025-43228: webkit2gtk - The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iO...
vendor_debian·2025·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228: webkit2gtk - The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.6, iO...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.48.5-1~deb12u1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.48.5-1~deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.48.5-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.48.5-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.48.5-1~deb13u1)
OSV
CVE-2025-43228: The issue was addressed with improved UI
osv·2025-07-30·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228: The issue was addressed with improved UI
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.
OSV
CVE-2025-43228: The issue was addressed with improved UI
osv·2025-07-30·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228: The issue was addressed with improved UI
The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, Safari 18. 6. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.
GHSA
GHSA-wjrj-j5jq-gmmx: The issue was addressed with improved UI
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-07-30
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CWE-451 GHSA-wjrj-j5jq-gmmx: The issue was addressed with improved UI
The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-43228 webkit2gtk4.0: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2025-08-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228 webkit2gtk4.0: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing [fedora-all]
CVE-2025-43228 webkit2gtk4.0: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing [fedora-all]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2025-43228 webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
bugzilla·2025-08-04·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2025-43228 [MEDIUM] CVE-2025-43228 webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
CVE-2025-43228 webkitgtk: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
The issue was addressed with improved UI. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.6 and iPadOS 18.6, Safari 18. 6. Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing.
2025-07-30
Published