CVE-2024-40433 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Tencent wechat v.8.0.37 allows an attacker to escalate privileges via the web-view component.

Published: 2024-07-26

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tencent:wechat:8.0.37:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01175.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/yikaikkk/CookieShareInWebView/blob/master/README.md

History

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:tencent:wechat:8.0.37:::::-::

Subscriptions

Tencent Wechat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.623Z

Reserved: 2024-07-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-40433

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:33:11.623Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-26T22:15:03.943

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:45:52.680

Link: CVE-2024-40433

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment

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