CVE-2022-23605 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Wire-Webapp

Wire webapp is a web client for the wire messaging protocol. In versions prior to 2022-01-27-production.0 expired ephemeral messages were not reliably removed from local chat history of Wire Webapp. In versions before 2022-01-27-production.0 ephemeral messages and assets might still be accessible through the local search functionality. Any attempt to view one of these message in the chat view will then trigger the deletion. This issue only affects locally stored messages. On premise instances of wire-webapp need to be updated to 2022-01-27-production.0, so that their users are no longer affected. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.06%	0.30%	+0.24%
2	2025-03-17	0.04%	0.06%	+0.02%
3	2023-03-07	—	0.04%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.06%

0.30%

+0.24%

2025-03-17

0.04%

0.06%

+0.02%

2023-03-07

—

0.04%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
4.4	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:H) They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	0.8	3.6	[email protected]
2.3	3.1	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:H) They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	0.8	1.4	[email protected]
2.1	2.0	LOW	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	3.9	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

4.4

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H): They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

0.8

3.6

[email protected]

2.3

3.1

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H): They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

0.8

1.4

[email protected]

2.1

2.0

LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

3.9

2.9

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23605

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
wire	wire-webapp	2016-07-29-17-00	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-07-29-17-00:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-08-04-15-44	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-04-15-44:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-08-23-09-31	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-23-09-31:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-08-24-10-10	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-24-10-10:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-08-29-14-54	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-08-29-14-54:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-09-08-15-38	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-09-08-15-38:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-09-19-14-01	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-09-19-14-01:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-09-28-14-58	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-09-28-14-58:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-10-11-15-34	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-10-11-15-34:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-10-18-08-10	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-10-18-08-10:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-10-25-08-17	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-10-25-08-17:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-10-26-18-58	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-10-26-18-58:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-11-03-16-09	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-11-03-16-09:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-11-08-15-06	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-11-08-15-06:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-12-01-12-57	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-12-01-12-57:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2016-12-13-15-12	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2016-12-13-15-12:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-01-23-12-12	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-01-23-12-12:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-02-01-14-49	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-02-01-14-49:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-02-17-10-10	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-02-17-10-10:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-02-24-13-06	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-02-24-13-06:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-03-08-17-32	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-03-08-17-32:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-03-14-15-05	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-03-14-15-05:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-03-21-11-00	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-03-21-11-00:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-03-27-17-10	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-03-27-17-10:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-03-28-14-23	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-03-28-14-23:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-04-05-16-58	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-04-05-16-58:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-04-07-09-42	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-04-07-09-42:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-04-19-12-31	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-04-19-12-31:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-04-20-15-54	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-04-20-15-54:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-05-03-10-29	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-05-03-10-29:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-05-19-16-10	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-05-19-16-10:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-05-26-08-16	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-05-26-08-16:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-05-26-12-03	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-05-26-12-03:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-06-01-10-02	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-06-01-10-02:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-06-07-15-03	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-06-07-15-03:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-06-07-18-05	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-06-07-18-05:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-06-22-12-18	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-06-22-12-18:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-06-28-15-13	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-06-28-15-13:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-07-06-12-44	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-07-06-12-44:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-07-06-15-48	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-07-06-15-48:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-07-18-12-50	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-07-18-12-50:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-08-03-15-19	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-08-03-15-19:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-08-04-09-04	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-08-04-09-04:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-08-04-15-01	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-08-04-15-01:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-08-08-15-09	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-08-08-15-09:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-08-24-10-57	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-08-24-10-57:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-08-31-14-21	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-08-31-14-21:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-09-26-07-18	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-09-26-07-18:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-09-26-13-00	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-09-26-13-00:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-10-09-08-42	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-10-09-08-42:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-10-19-10-45	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-10-19-10-45:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-10-25-07-08	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-10-25-07-08:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-11-07-08-50	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-11-07-08-50:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-11-10-10-41	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-11-10-10-41:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-12-04-10-23	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-12-04-10-23:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-12-04-13-34	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-12-04-13-34:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-12-07-11-13	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-12-07-11-13:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2017-12-20-12-48	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2017-12-20-12-48:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-01-24-18-11	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-01-24-18-11:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-02-01-10-26	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-02-01-10-26:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-02-16-07-54	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-02-16-07-54:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-03-12-11-41	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-03-12-11-41:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-06-07-28	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-06-07-28:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-06-09-44	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-06-09-44:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-09-10-16	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-09-10-16:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-12-06-45	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-12-06-45:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-12-11-12	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-12-11-12:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-12-13-37	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-12-13-37:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-04-24-14-58	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-04-24-14-58:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-05-04-07-18	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-05-04-07-18:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-05-24-15-49	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-05-24-15-49:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-06-19-08-04	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-06-19-08-04:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-07-03-08-25	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-07-03-08-25:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-07-16-08-55	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-07-16-08-55:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-07-16-14-05	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-07-16-14-05:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-07-26-08-54	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-07-26-08-54:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-08-06-08-03	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-08-06-08-03:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-08-22-07-38	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-08-22-07-38:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-08-31-06-54	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-08-31-06-54:::::::*
wire	wire-webapp	2018-09-07-14-18	cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-webapp:2018-09-07-14-18:::::::*

References for CVE-2022-23605

URL	Tags
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/commit/42c9a1edddbdd5d4d8f9a196a98f6fc19bb21741	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/security/advisories/GHSA-2w3m-ppfg-hg62	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2022-23605 | Expired Ephemeral Messages not reliably removed in wire-webapp

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23605

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-23605

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-23605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23605

References for CVE-2022-23605