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MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-12080
Intent Abuse in Google Messages for Wear OS for Silent Message Sending
Description

On Wear OS devices, when Google Messages is configured as the default SMS/MMS/RCS application, the handling of ACTION_SENDTO intents utilizing the sms:, smsto:, mms:, and mmsto: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes is incorrectly implemented. Due to this misconfiguration, an attacker capable of invoking an Android intent can exploit this vulnerability to send messages on the user’s behalf to arbitrary receivers without requiring any further user interaction or specific permissions. This allows for the silent and unauthorized transmission of messages from a compromised Wear OS device.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 27, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 27, 2025, 1:19 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-12080 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google wearos
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 14ed7db2-1595-443d-9d34-6215bf890778
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Remediate intent handling for SMS/MMS/RCS to prevent unauthorized message sending.
  • Update Google Messages to the latest version.
  • Configure default SMS/MMS/RCS app securely.
  • Restrict intent handling for specific URI schemes.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-12080 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://towerofhanoi.it/writeups/cve-2025-12080/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-12080 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-12080 weaknesses.

CAPEC-111: JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) CAPEC-141: Cache Poisoning Cache Poisoning CAPEC-142: DNS Cache Poisoning DNS Cache Poisoning CAPEC-148: Content Spoofing Content Spoofing CAPEC-218: Spoofing of UDDI/ebXML Messages Spoofing of UDDI/ebXML Messages CAPEC-384: Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle CAPEC-385: Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation CAPEC-386: Application API Navigation Remapping Application API Navigation Remapping CAPEC-387: Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content CAPEC-388: Application API Button Hijacking Application API Button Hijacking CAPEC-665: Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws CAPEC-701: Browser in the Middle (BiTM) Browser in the Middle (BiTM)

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Born at : Jan. 15, 2020, 6:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-12080 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • CybersecurityNews
Google Wear OS Message App Vulnerability Let Any Installed App To Send SMS Behalf Of User

A vulnerability in Google Messages on Wear OS devices allows any installed app to silently send SMS, MMS, or RCS messages on behalf of the user. Dubbed CVE-2025-12080, the issue stems from improper ha ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 29, 2025 (1 week, 2 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Wear OS Messages Flaw (CVE-2025-12080) Allows Unprivileged Apps to Send SMS/RCS Without Permission, PoC Available

Security researcher Gabriele Digregorio has disclosed a newly identified vulnerability in Google Messages for Wear OS, designated CVE-2025-12080 (CVSS v4 6.9), that allows any installed app to send SM ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 29, 2025 (1 week, 2 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Critical Magento Flaw (CVE-2025-54236) Actively Exploited for Session Hijacking and Unauthenticated RCE

The Akamai Security Intelligence Group has issued an urgent warning after observing active exploitation in the wild of a newly disclosed Magento vulnerability known as SessionReaper (CVE-2025-54236). ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 29, 2025 (1 week, 2 days ago)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-12080 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description On Wear OS devices, when Google Messages is configured as the default SMS/MMS/RCS application, the handling of ACTION_SENDTO intents utilizing the sms:, smsto:, mms:, and mmsto: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes is incorrectly implemented. Due to this misconfiguration, an attacker capable of invoking an Android intent can exploit this vulnerability to send messages on the user’s behalf to arbitrary receivers without requiring any further user interaction or specific permissions. This allows for the silent and unauthorized transmission of messages from a compromised Wear OS device.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-345
    Added Reference https://towerofhanoi.it/writeups/cve-2025-12080/
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.9
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