WhatsApp Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-05-23
Federal due date
2022-06-13
Vendor
Meta Platforms
Product
WhatsApp
EPSS
98.3th percentile (score 0.610, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18426

CISA short description

A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone allows cross-site scripting and local file reading.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.