CVE-2025-55179 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-55179

Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WhatsApp Business for iOS, WhatsApp for iOS, WhatsApp Desktop for Mac
Vulnerable Versions:
2.25.8.14, 2.25.8.17

Timeline

Official Publish: November 18th, 2025
Last Modified: November 18th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.