CVE-2020-1902
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2020 at 05:35 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 0.7%
Description
A user running a quick search on a highly forwarded message on WhatsApp for Android from v2.20.108 to v2.20.140 or WhatsApp Business for Android from v2.20.35 to v2.20.49 could have been sent to the Google service over plain HTTP.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.20.108 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 2.20.140, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.20.35 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 2.20.49, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo 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
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-319
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