What is CVE-2022-29168?

CVE-2022-29168 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wire Wire-webapp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2022-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-29168?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

XSS in Wire Wire-webapp

CVE-2022-29168

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…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wire Wire-webapp — versions 2016-07-29-17-00, 2016-08-04-15-44, 2016-08-23-09-31
Wireapp Wire-webapp — versions < 022-05-04-production.0, < 2022-05-04-production.0-v0.29.7-0-a6f2ded

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29168?: CVE-2022-29168 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wire Wire-webapp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2022-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-29168?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.