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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-25019

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.

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CVE-2020-25019
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31 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-25019

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Aug 2020, 17:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2020-25019
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25019",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-25019",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-25019",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-25019",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-25019",
        "GHSA-x4h8-fhrp-pm3p"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
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                  "fixed": "ca1eb702507fdc4400fe21c905a9f85702f92a14"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  },
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                    "range": [
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v2.3.0"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.2.0",
            "v2.1.1",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v2.0.0-beta4",
            "v2.0.0-beta3",
            "v2.0.0-beta2",
            "v2.0.0-beta1",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v1.0.0-alpha.3",
            "v1.0.0-alpha.2",
            "v1.0.0-alpha.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-25019.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:19.684731781Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "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://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/commit/ca1eb702507fdc4400fe21c905a9f85702f92a14",
        "https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/225799"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385054,
  "published_at": "2020-08-29T17:15:11.297+00:00"
}