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CVE-2021-40180

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In the WeChat application 8.0.10 for Android and iOS, a mini program can obtain sensitive information from a user's address book via wx.searchContacts.

Affected products

• Tencent WeChat: 8.0.10

References

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.15202.pdf
• https://github.com/BESTICSP/Vulnerabilities-Related-to-Mini-Programs-Permissions/blob/main/WX%20applet%20contact%20permission%20vulnerability%20report.pdf
• https://pan.baidu.com/s/116sAQvs1CEzCeIfpI1NZvA
• https://pan.baidu.com/s/1RqMrZBruZZ4OHdnXUN5xDw
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.15202.pdf
• https://github.com/BESTICSP/Vulnerabilities-Related-to-Mini-Programs-Permissions/blob/main/WX%20applet%20contact%20permission%20vulnerability%20report.pdf
• https://pan.baidu.com/s/116sAQvs1CEzCeIfpI1NZvA
• https://pan.baidu.com/s/1RqMrZBruZZ4OHdnXUN5xDw

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