Arduino IDE 2.x is an IDE based on the Theia IDE framework and built with Electron. A Self Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified within the Arduino-IDE prior to version v2.3.5. The vulnerability occurs in the Additional Board Manager URLs field, which can be found in the Preferences -> Settings section of the Arduino IDE interface. In the vulnerable versions, any values entered in this field are directly displayed to the user through a notification tooltip object, without a proper output encoding routine, due to the underlying ElectronJS engine interpretation. This vulnerability exposes the input parameter to Self-XSS attacks, which may lead to security risks depending on where the malicious payload is injected. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.5.
https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/security/advisories/GHSA-252h-4j5q-88pc
https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/commit/d298b3ffc94008e89066cd999d891e84190da18f
Published: 2025-04-02
Updated: 2026-04-15
Base Score: 3.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00022