CVE-2022-29168 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wire secure messaging application, specifically affecting wire-webapp and connected wire-desktop clients. It allows arbitrary HTML and JavaScript execution through insufficient escaping of @mentions, enabling an attacker to fully control a victim's user account upon viewing a malicious message. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016-07-29-17-00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-07-29-17-00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016-08-04-15-44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-04-15-44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016-08-23-09-31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-23-09-31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016-08-24-10-10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-24-10-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016-08-29-14-54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-29-14-54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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