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CVE-2025-55179

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: November 18, 2025 at 01:56 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWhatsAppWhatsapp Business

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

WhatsApp· Whatsapp
95%
2.25.8.14 ≤ v < 2.25.23.832.25.8.17 ≤ v < 2.25.23.732.25.8.142.25.8.17
Affected range stops below 2.25.23.73, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.25.23.83, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Whatsapp Business· Whatsapp
95%
2.25.8.14 ≤ v < 2.25.23.822.25.8.14
Affected range stops below 2.25.23.82, 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 (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-55179
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMMeta
Vector?

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CWE
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