CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-3566
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-05-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
A bug in WhatsApp for Android's messaging logic would potentially allow a malicious individual who has taken over over a WhatsApp user's account to recover previously sent messages. This behavior requires independent knowledge of metadata for previous messages, which are not available publicly. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android 2.19.52 and 2.19.54 - 2.19.103, as well as WhatsApp Business for Android starting in v2.19.22 until v2.19.38.
Affected configurations
• whatsapp whatsapp (>= 2.19.54 <= 2.19.103)
• whatsapp whatsapp 2.19.52
• whatsapp whatsapp business (>= 2.19.22 <= 2.19.38)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3566 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3566 Third Party Advisory