Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2025
CVE-2025-27599
Element X Android vulnerable to loading malicious web pages via received intent
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
element-x-android · element-hq
< 25.04.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27599
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27599
github.com
https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/commit/dc058544d7e693c04298191c1aadd5b39c9be52e
github.com
https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases/tag/v25.04.2
github.com
https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/security/advisories/GHSA-m5px-pwq3-4p5m
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