CVE-2025-31477
Tauri Shell Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
The Tauri shell plugin allows access to the system shell. Prior to 2.2.1, the Tauri shell plugin exposes functionality to execute code and open programs on the system. The open endpoint of this plugin is designed to allow open functionality with the system opener (e.g. xdg-open on Linux). This was meant to be restricted to a reasonable number of protocols like https or mailto by default. This default restriction was not functional due to improper validation of the allowed protocols, allowing for potentially dangerous protocols like file://, smb://, or nfs:// and others to be opened by the system registered protocol handler. By passing untrusted user input to the open endpoint these potentially dangerous protocols can be abused to gain remote code execution on the system. This either requires direct exposure of the endpoint to application users or code execution in the frontend of a Tauri application. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2.1.
INFO
Published Date :
April 2, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 29, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/commit/9cf0390a52497e273db1a1b613a0e26827aa327c | Patch |
https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/security/advisories/GHSA-c9pr-q8gx-3mgp | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/security/advisories/GHSA-c9pr-q8gx-3mgp | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tauri:plugin-shell:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tauri:plugin-shell:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.1 Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/commit/9cf0390a52497e273db1a1b613a0e26827aa327c Types: Patch Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/security/advisories/GHSA-c9pr-q8gx-3mgp Types: Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/security/advisories/GHSA-c9pr-q8gx-3mgp Types: Exploit, Vendor Advisory -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Apr. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/security/advisories/GHSA-c9pr-q8gx-3mgp -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 02, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The Tauri shell plugin allows access to the system shell. Prior to 2.2.1, the Tauri shell plugin exposes functionality to execute code and open programs on the system. The open endpoint of this plugin is designed to allow open functionality with the system opener (e.g. xdg-open on Linux). This was meant to be restricted to a reasonable number of protocols like https or mailto by default. This default restriction was not functional due to improper validation of the allowed protocols, allowing for potentially dangerous protocols like file://, smb://, or nfs:// and others to be opened by the system registered protocol handler. By passing untrusted user input to the open endpoint these potentially dangerous protocols can be abused to gain remote code execution on the system. This either requires direct exposure of the endpoint to application users or code execution in the frontend of a Tauri application. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.2.1. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 Added CWE CWE-20 Added Reference https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/commit/9cf0390a52497e273db1a1b613a0e26827aa327c Added Reference https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/security/advisories/GHSA-c9pr-q8gx-3mgp
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-31477
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-31477
weaknesses.