CVE-2020-1890

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Facebook	WhatsApp for Android	2.20.11; >= unspecified, < 2.20.11
Facebook	WhatsApp Business for Android	2.20.2; >= unspecified, < 2.20.2

References

https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020Vendor Advisory
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 3, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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