CVE-2020-1904

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.1%

Medium (5.5) in whatsapp. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path validation issue in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.61 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.61 could have allowed for directory traversal overwriting files when sending specially crafted docx, xlsx, and pptx files as attachments to messages.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-22, CWE-23
Published: 2020-10-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

whatsapp:whatsapp
whatsapp:whatsapp_business

References

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

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