# Meta Platforms WhatsApp: WhatsApp Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> Meta Platforms WhatsApp contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability due to an incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages. This vulnerability could allow an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-09-02.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/meta-platforms-whatsapp-cve-2025-55177 · generated 2026-10-22T19:29:07.289Z

## Status
- Severity: medium · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Meta Platforms WhatsApp
- Started: 2025-09-02 · closed: 2025-09-02
- CVEs: CVE-2025-55177
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

## Follow this incident
- RSS (one item per update): https://pwn.watch/i/meta-platforms-whatsapp-cve-2025-55177/feed.xml
- JSON Feed: https://pwn.watch/i/meta-platforms-whatsapp-cve-2025-55177/feed.json
- Full data (timeline, sources, posts, agentBrief): https://pwn.watch/i/meta-platforms-whatsapp-cve-2025-55177.json
- This file: https://pwn.watch/i/meta-platforms-whatsapp-cve-2025-55177/llms.txt

## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-09-02: CISA added CVE-2025-55177 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-09-23).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Meta Platforms WhatsApp: WhatsApp Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/meta-platforms-whatsapp-cve-2025-55177 · status: closed (closed Sep 2, 2025) · severity: medium · updated Sep 2, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Meta Platforms WhatsApp contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability due to an incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages. This vulnerability could allow an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-09-02.

Severity detail: CVSS 5.4 (CNA, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Meta Platforms WhatsApp
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2025-55177

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Sep 2, 2025: CISA added CVE-2025-55177 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-09-23).

## Advisories
- [Meta Platforms advisory: Meta Platforms WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/) (Meta Platforms)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-55177](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55177) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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