CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-55179
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-18
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• whatsapp whatsapp (>= 2.25.8.14 < 2.25.23.83)
• whatsapp whatsapp (>= 2.25.8.17 < 2.25.23.73)
• whatsapp whatsapp business (>= 2.25.8.14 < 2.25.23.82)
References
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-55179 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/ Vendor Advisory