Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to…
Priority HIGH 73CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01175 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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-2024-40433
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-242w-qmqc-xqm3
References
More Tencent Wechat vulnerabilities
- 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-2021-17359 In the WeChat application 8.0.10 for Android and iOS, a mini program can obtain sensitive… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- 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-2024-40433 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-40433 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-242w-qmqc-xqm3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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