In the WeChat application 8.0.10 for Android and iOS, a mini program can obtain sensitive…
Priority LOW 36CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
In the WeChat application 8.0.10 for Android and iOS, a mini program can obtain sensitive information from a user's address book via wx.searchContacts.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01417 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40180
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3mff-x894-pfqr
References
Exploit 3
Advisory 1
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- TI-2024-26921 Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-16942 Memory corruption in Tencent WeChat CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-08787 Out-of-bounds read in Tencent WeChat CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-08535 vcodec2_hls_filter in libvoipCodec_v7a.so in the WeChat application through 7.0.3 for… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2019-12800 Open redirect in Tencent WeChat CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2021-40180 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-40180 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3mff-x894-pfqr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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