CVE-2025-55179 Server-side request forgery in WhatsApp Business for iOS

What is CVE-2025-55179?

CVE-2025-55179 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Facebook WhatsApp Business for iOS, published on 18 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on another user’s device. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55179?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Whatsapp Whatsapp, Whatsapp Whatsapp Business.

How do I fix CVE-2025-55179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-55179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2025-55179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Facebook WhatsApp Business for iOS

• CVE-2019-3568 WhatsApp VOIP Stack Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-18426 WhatsApp Cross-Site Scripting Exploited High 8.2
• CVE-2025-55177 Meta Platforms WhatsApp Incorrect Authorization Exploited Medium 5.4
• CVE-2022-36934 Integer overflow in WhatsApp Business for Android Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-24042 Memory corruption in WhatsApp Business for Android Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qfr3-q6jf-3gx8.