Vulnerability · CVE-2025-30259
WhatsApp PDF Content Sandbox Bypass
Published Mar 19, 2025 · catalog updated Mar 19, 2025 · WhatsApp WhatsApp Cloud Service
Patch now
CVE-2025-30259 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WhatsApp WhatsApp Cloud Service against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.26%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- vendor WhatsApp WhatsApp Cloud Service
The WhatsApp cloud service before late 2024 did not block certain crafted PDF content that can defeat a sandbox protection mechanism and consequently allow remote access to messaging applications by third parties, as exploited in the wild in 2024 for installation of Android malware associated with BIGPRETZEL.
Are you affected?
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- vendor WhatsApp WhatsApp Cloud Serviceversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-30259
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-30259 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WhatsApp WhatsApp Cloud Service against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.26%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 19, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV
Detected
The WhatsApp cloud service before late 2024 did not block certain crafted PDF content that can defeat a sandbox protection mechanism and consequently allow remote access to messaging applications by third parties, as exploited in the wild in 2024 for installation of Android malware associated with BIGPRETZEL.
Mar 19, 2025 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-30259
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-30259
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-30259
The WhatsApp cloud service before late 2024 did not block certain crafted PDF content that can defeat a sandbox protection mechanism and consequently allow remote access to messaging applications by third parties, as exploited in the wild in 2024 for installation of Android malwa
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.