CVE-2025-55177
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-08-29
Last updated on: 2025-10-24
Assigner: Facebook, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| From 2.22.25.2 (inc) to 2.25.21.73 (exc) | ||
| From 2.22.25.2 (inc) to 2.25.21.78 (exc) | ||
| whatsapp_business | From 2.22.25.2 (inc) to 2.25.21.78 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-863 | The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability involves incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages in certain versions of WhatsApp for iOS and Mac. It could allow an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target's device, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure. The issue may be exploited in combination with another OS-level vulnerability on Apple platforms.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a target device to process content from arbitrary URLs without proper authorization, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, execution of malicious content, or other security breaches. This could compromise the security and privacy of the affected user's device and data.