CVE-2021-41093

HIGH

Wire < 3.86 - Account Takeover via Stale Access Token

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Wire is an open source secure messenger. In affected versions if the an attacker gets an old but valid access token they can take over an account by changing the email. This issue has been resolved in version 3.86 which uses a new endpoint which additionally requires an authentication cookie. See wire-ios-sync-engine and wire-ios-transport references. This is the root advisory that pulls the changes together.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0144
EPSS Percentile 69.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-285 CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
wire/wire < 3.86
Published Oct 04, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026