High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-42222

Description

WebCatalog before 49.0 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. WebCatalog calls the Electron shell.openExternal function without verifying that the URL is for an http or https resource, in some circumstances.

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Affected products

WebCatalog/WebCatalogdescription
WebCatalog/WebCatalogllm-fuzzy2 versions
<49.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <49.0
- cpe:2.3:a:webcatalog:webcatalog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <49.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/securitynvdThird Party Advisory
webcatalog.io/changelog/nvdRelease Notes
packetstormsecurity.com/files/176957/WebCatalog-48.4-Arbitrary-Protocol-Execution-Code-Execution.htmlnvd

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