CVE-2025-55179 (GCVE-0-2025-55179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-18 13:56 – Updated: 2025-11-18 14:25
VLAI?
Summary
Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on another user’s device. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Facebook WhatsApp Business for iOS Affected: 2.25.8.14 , < 2.25.23.82 (semver)
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    Facebook WhatsApp for iOS Affected: 2.25.8.17 , < 2.25.23.73 (semver)
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    Facebook WhatsApp Desktop for Mac Affected: 2.25.8.14 , < 2.25.23.83 (semver)
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