{"id":"CVE-2025-59161","aliases":["EUVD-2025-29626","GHSA-m6c8-98f4-75rr","openSUSE-SU-2025:15558-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15559-1"],"status":"published","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","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":2.7,"vector":"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","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00407,"percentile":0.35306,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"published":"2025-09-16T16:44:15Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:57Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"element-desktop","fixed_in":["1.11.112-1.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"element-web","fixed_in":["1.11.112-1.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"element-desktop","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.112-1.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"element-web","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.112-1.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"element-hq","product":"element-web"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/security/advisories/GHSA-m6c8-98f4-75rr","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/commit/8e9a43d70c90e6a3b110cd0a377296079e4c81f5","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/59xxx/CVE-2025-59161.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59161","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59161","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59161","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","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2025-09-16T16:44:15.66Z","modified":"2025-09-16T18:26:26.341Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":2.7,"vector":"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","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:47.812946Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-29626","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2025-09-16T16:44:15Z","modified":"2025-09-16T18:26:26Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":2.7,"vector":"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","level":"low"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:31:42.601992Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59161","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2025-09-16T17:15:41.747Z","modified":"2026-10-01T16:10:00.257Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":2.7,"vector":"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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"low","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:29.650057Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59161","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","description":"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. 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