Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-41093 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Wire

CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

wire

CWE-863

critical

NVD

Published: 2021-10-04

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Wire is an open source secure messenger. In affected versions if the an attacker gets an old but valid access token they can take over an account by changing the email. This issue has been resolved in version 3.86 which uses a new endpoint which additionally requires an authentication cookie. See wire-ios-sync-engine and wire-ios-transport references. This is the root advisory that pulls the changes together.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Wire Wire Wire 3.23 Wire Wire 3.24 Wire Wire 3.25 Wire Wire 3.26 Wire Wire 3.27 Wire Wire 3.28 Wire Wire 3.29 Wire Wire 3.30 Wire Wire 3.31 Wire Wire 3.34 Wire Wire 3.35 Wire Wire 3.36 Wire Wire 3.37 Wire Wire 3.38 Wire Wire 3.40 Wire Wire 3.41 Wire Wire 3.42 Wire Wire 3.43 Wire Wire 3.44 Wire Wire 3.45 Wire Wire 3.46 Wire Wire 3.47 Wire Wire 3.48 Wire Wire 3.49 Wire Wire 3.50 Wire Wire 3.51 Wire Wire 3.52 Wire Wire 3.53 Wire Wire 3.54 Wire Wire 3.55 Wire Wire 3.56 Wire Wire 3.57 Wire Wire 3.58 Wire Wire 3.59 Wire Wire 3.60 Wire Wire 3.61 Wire Wire 3.62 Wire Wire 3.63 Wire Wire 3.64 Wire Wire 3.65 Wire Wire 3.66 Wire Wire 3.67 Wire Wire 3.68 Wire Wire 3.69 Wire Wire 3.70 Wire Wire 3.71 Wire Wire 3.72 Wire Wire 3.73 Wire Wire 3.74 Wire Wire 3.75 Wire Wire 3.76 Wire Wire 3.77 Wire Wire 3.80 Wire Wire 3.81 Wire Wire 3.82 Wire Wire 3.83 Wire Wire 3.84 Wire Wire 3.85	58

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References