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cve-2019-18426

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-01-21 20:30

Modified

2025-02-07 12:55

Severity ?

8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Summary

A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to 0.3.9309 when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone versions prior to 2.20.10 allows cross-site scripting and local file reading. Exploiting the vulnerability requires the victim to click a link preview from a specially crafted text message.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-18426	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157097/WhatsApp-Desktop-0.3.9308-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Facebook	WhatsApp Desktop	Version: 0.3.9309 Version: unspecified < 0.3.9309

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