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CVE-2020-25019

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-345

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.

Affected products

• jitsi Meet Electron: before 2.3.0 — fixed in 2.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jitsi Meet Electron 2.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/commit/ca1eb702507fdc4400fe21c905a9f85702f92a14
• https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/tag/v2.3.0
• https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/security/advisories/GHSA-x4h8-fhrp-pm3p
• https://github.com/jitsi/security-advisories/blob/master/advisories/JSA-2020-0001.md
• https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/225799
• https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/commit/ca1eb702507fdc4400fe21c905a9f85702f92a14
• https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/tag/v2.3.0
• https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/225799

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