Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-30401

Whatsapp ≤ 2.2450.6

Published
05 April 2025
Modified
09 April 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 6.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.22 97th percentile
Risk Priority 63 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2025-30401 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Whatsapp Whatsapp. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to version 2.2450.6 displayed attachments according to their MIME type but selected the file opening handler based on the attachment’s filename extension. A maliciously crafted mismatch could have caused the recipient to…

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inadvertently execute arbitrary code rather than view the attachment when manually opening the attachment inside WhatsApp. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

whatsapp
whatsapp
≤ 2.2450.6

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References