# CVE-2022-29168: Cross Site Scripting in Wire Messages

> Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript via malicious mentions in Wire messages, leading to full account takeover for victims.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jgv3-4j56-fvh6

## What is CVE-2022-29168?

CVE-2022-29168 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in wireapp wire-webapp, published on 25 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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 is injected and executed in the context of the victim allowing the attacker to fully control the user account. Wire-desktop clients that are connected to a vulnerable wire-webapp version are also vulnerable to this attack. The issue has been fixed in wire-webapp 2022-05-04-production.0 and is already deployed on all Wire managed services. On-premise instances of wire-webapp need to be updated to docker tag 2022-05-04-production.0-v0.29.7-0-a6f2ded or wire-server 2022-05-04 (chart/4.11.0) or later. No known workarounds exist.

Weakness: CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29168?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wire Wire-Webapp.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wireapp wire-webapp

- [CVE-2022-24799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24799/): Cross Site Scripting in Wire Webapp (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2021-32683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32683/): XSS through createObjectURL (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-21400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21400/): Entering code in App Lock modal sends input to conversation (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-48066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48066/): wire-webapp has no database deletion on client logout (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2022-39380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39380/): wire-webapp contains Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions leading to a DoS via Markdown Rendering (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29168 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29168 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in wireapp wire-webapp, published on 25 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wireapp wire-webapp. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29168/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29168
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29168
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29168

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29168/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.