CVE-2025-27599 Element X Android vulnerable to loading malicious web pages via received intent
Attackers can force the app to load malicious web pages with elevated permissions, granting unauthorized access to microphone and camera.
- 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-2025-27599?
CVE-2025-27599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in element-hq element-x-android, published on 18 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Element X Android is a Matrix Android Client provided by element.io. Prior to version 25.04.2, a crafted hyperlink on a webpage, or a locally installed malicious app, can force Element X up to version 25.04.1 to load a webpage with similar permissions to Element Call and automatically grant it temporary access to microphone and camera. This issue has been patched in version 25.04.2.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27599?
How do I fix CVE-2025-27599?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27599 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-27599 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27599 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5px-pwq3-4p5m.