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CVE-2020-1890

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 3, 2020 at 09:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWhatsAppWhatsapp Business

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A URL validation issue in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.11 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.2 could have caused the recipient of a sticker message containing deliberately malformed data to load an image from a sender-controlled URL without user interaction.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WhatsApp· Whatsapp
95%
v < 2.20.112.20.11
Affected range stops below 2.20.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Whatsapp Business· Whatsapp
95%
v < 2.20.22.20.2
Affected range stops below 2.20.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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