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FKIE_CVE-2025-59161

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-16 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:45

Severity

2.7 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Summary

Element Web is a Matrix web client built using the Matrix React SDK. Element Web and Element Desktop before version 1.11.112 have insufficient validation of room predecessor links, allowing a remote attacker to attempt to impermanently replace a room's entry in the room list with an unrelated attacker-supplied room. While the effect of this is temporary, it may still confuse users into acting on incorrect assumptions. The issue has been patched and users should upgrade to 1.11.112. A reload/refresh will fix the incorrect room list state, removing the attacker's room and restoring the original room.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/commit/8e9a43d70c90e6a3b110cd0a377296079e4c81f5
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/security/advisories/GHSA-m6c8-98f4-75rr

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-59161 (GCVE-0-2025-59161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 16:44 – Updated: 2025-09-16 18:26

Title

In Element Web and Element Desktop, a malicious room can hide an unrelated room and cause it to be left when the malicious room is left

Summary

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-16 17:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/securit…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/commit/…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
element-hq	element-web	Affected: < 1.11.112

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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