High severity · published Sep 3, 2020
CVE-2020-1890
A URL validation issue in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.11 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.2 could have caused the recipient of a sticker message containing…
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A URL validation issue in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.11 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.2 could have caused the recipient of a sticker message containing deliberately malformed data to load an image from a sender-controlled URL without user interaction.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WH
Whatsapp · Whatsapp
before 2.20.11 · source: NVD
WB
Whatsapp Business · Whatsapp
before 2.20.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1890
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1890
Vendor Advisory
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020
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