CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-17151

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2020-01-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-01-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-356, CWE-601

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers redirect users to an external resource on affected installations of Tencent WeChat Prior to 7.0.9. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must be within a chat session together with the attacker. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of a users profile. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate a users name. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9302.

Affected configurations

• tencent wechat (< 7.0.9)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-356 Missing User Interaction for Potentially Unsafe Action weakness
  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness

References