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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-1890

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-rxc8-w9g4-8cjw

Published

May 24, 2022 5:27 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:27 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 3, 2025 6:26 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.