Description
wire-webapp is the web version of Wire, an open-source messenger. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in wire-webapp prior to version 2021-06-01-production.0. If a user is instructed to open an image in a new tab (right click -> open in new tab, or copy the URL and paste it in the URL bar), an the image payload is executed on the domain hosting the app (app.wire.com). In particular, if an image contains malicious code in addition to the actual picture, this code is executed on app.wire.com. This allows the attacker to fully control the user account. The vulnerability was patched in version 2021-06-01-production.0. As a workaround, users should not try to open image URLs.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/security/advisories/GHSA-382j-mmc8-m5rw
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/commit/056e39d327bb10c1b0958dfbea0c39752692a1b0
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0083
EPSS Percentile
52.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
wire/wire-webapp
< 2021-06-01
Published
Jun 15, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026