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Medium 5.4Published Nov 18, 2025

CVE-2025-55179Incomplete 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…

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It affects Facebook WhatsApp Business for iOS and 4 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Meta
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Nov 18, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Facebook WhatsApp Business for iOS
facebook:whatsapp_business_for_ios (from the name)
from 2.25.8.14 before 2.25.23.82
CNA record
Facebook WhatsApp for iOS
facebook:whatsapp_for_ios (from the name)
from 2.25.8.17 before 2.25.23.73
CNA record
Facebook WhatsApp Desktop for Mac
facebook:whatsapp_desktop_for_mac (from the name)
from 2.25.8.14 before 2.25.23.83
CNA record
whatsapp whatsapp
whatsapp:whatsapp
from 2.25.8.14 before 2.25.23.83; from 2.25.8.17 before 2.25.23.73
NVD
whatsapp whatsapp_business
whatsapp:whatsapp_business
from 2.25.8.14 before 2.25.23.82
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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