CVE-2020-25019 Open redirect in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Jitsi Meet Electron allows opening arbitrary external URLs via shell.openExternal without protocol validation, potentially enabling malicious redirects.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-25019?

CVE-2020-25019 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

jitsi-meet-electron (aka Jitsi Meet Electron) before 2.3.0 calls the Electron shell.openExternal function without verifying that the URL is for an http or https resource, in some circumstances.

Weakness: CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25019?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Jitsi Meet Electron.

How do I fix CVE-2020-25019?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-25019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gqh9-f35v-5g5x, GHSA-x4h8-fhrp-pm3p.

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