CVE-2022-29168
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Wire is a secure messaging application. Wire is vulnerable to arbitrary HTML and Javascript execution via insufficient escaping when rendering `@mentions` in the wire-webapp. If a user receives and views a malicious message, arbitrary code is injected and executed in the context of the victim allowing the attacker to fully control the user account. Wire-desktop clients that are connected to a vulnerable wire-webapp version are also vulnerable to this attack. The issue has been fixed in wire-webapp 2022-05-04-production.0 and is already deployed on all Wire managed services. On-premise instances of wire-webapp need to be updated to docker tag 2022-05-04-production.0-v0.29.7-0-a6f2ded or wire-server 2022-05-04 (chart/4.11.0) or later. No known workarounds exist.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 4.3–9.6
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references (4)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-29168/cnnvd
- https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/security/advisories/GHSA-jgv3-4j56-fvh6cnnvd
- https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/security/advisories/GHSA-jgv3-4j56-fvh6enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/security/advisories/GHSA-jgv3-4j56-fvh6Third Party Advisorynvd
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