5.4
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-55179
WhatsApp Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 18, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 18, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

Meta
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-55179 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 4fc57720-52fe-4431-a0fb-3d2c8747b827
Solution
Update WhatsApp applications to the latest versions to fix media processing vulnerabilities.
  • Update WhatsApp for iOS to v2.25.23.73.
  • Update WhatsApp Business for iOS to v2.25.23.82.
  • Update WhatsApp for Mac to v2.25.23.83.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.4
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