CVE-2025-52968 (GCVE-0-2025-52968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-06-23 16:18 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open could be modified to, by default, associate x-scheme-handler/https with the execution of a browser with command-line options that arrange for an empty cookie store, although this would add substantial complexity, and would not be considered a desirable or expected behavior by all users.) NOTE: this is disputed because integrations of xdg-open typically do not provide information about whether the xdg-open command and arguments were manually entered by a user, or whether they were the result of a navigation from content in an untrusted origin.
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-23 15:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-420 - Unprotected Alternate Channel
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
freedesktop xdg-utils Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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