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2 vulnerabilities found for WhatsApp Desktop by Facebook
CVE-2019-18426 (GCVE-0-2019-18426)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2020-01-21 20:30
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') ()
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 | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhatsApp Desktop |
Version: 0.3.9309 Version: unspecified < 0.3.9309 |
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CVE-2019-18426 (GCVE-0-2019-18426)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-21 20:30
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') ()
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
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhatsApp Desktop |
Version: 0.3.9309 Version: unspecified < 0.3.9309 |
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