CVE-2020-1905: WhatsApp

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Media ContentProvider URIs used for opening attachments in other apps were generated sequentially prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.20.185, which could have allowed a malicious third party app chosen to open the file to guess the URIs for previously opened attachments until the opener app is terminated.

Affected products

• WhatsApp WhatsApp: before 2.20.185 (fixed in 2.20.185)

Published 2020-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.