CVE-2020-25019

HIGH

jitsi-meet-electron < 2.3.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary URL Execution via shell.openExternal

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/commit/ca1eb702507fdc4400fe21c905a9f85702f92a14

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Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/tag/v2.3.0

Various Sources

https://github.com/jitsi/security-advisories/blob/master/advisories/JSA-2020-0001.md

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Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/225799

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/security/advisories/GHSA-x4h8-fhrp-pm3p

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0102

EPSS Percentile 59.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-345

Status published

Products (1)

jitsi/meet_electron < 2.3.0

Published Aug 29, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026