{"id":"CVE-2024-45607","aliases":["EUVD-2024-2839","GHSA-mwhf-vhr5-7j23"],"status":"published","title":"whatsapp-api-js fails to validate message's signature","description":"whatsapp-api-js is a TypeScript server agnostic Whatsapp's Official API framework. It's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid. Incorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.3.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.14468,"percentile":0.96679,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-347"],"published":"2024-09-12T19:58:13Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"whatsapp-api-js","fixed_in":["4.0.3"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"whatsapp-api-js","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.0.0"},{"fixed":"4.0.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"whatsapp-api-js","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"4.0.0"},{"fixed":"4.0.3"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"secreto31126","product":"whatsapp-api-js"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Secreto31126/whatsapp-api-js/security/advisories/GHSA-mwhf-vhr5-7j23","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Secreto31126/whatsapp-api-js/pull/371","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Secreto31126/whatsapp-api-js/commit/56620c65126427496a94d176082fbd8393a95b6d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45607","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwhf-vhr5-7j23"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45607.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Secreto31126/whatsapp-api-js","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-45607","title":"whatsapp-api-js fails to validate message's signature","description":"whatsapp-api-js is a TypeScript server agnostic Whatsapp's Official API framework. It's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid. Incorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.3.","status":"published","published":"2024-09-12T19:58:13.803Z","modified":"2024-09-12T20:04:46.581Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:08.16279Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-2839","description":"whatsapp-api-js is a TypeScript server agnostic Whatsapp's Official API framework. It's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid. Incorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.3.","status":"published","published":"2024-09-12T19:58:13Z","modified":"2024-09-12T20:04:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:56.381285Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mwhf-vhr5-7j23","title":"whatsapp-api-js fails to validate message's signature","description":"### Impact\nIncorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in version 4.0.3.\n\n### Workarounds\nIt's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid.\n\n```ts\nfunction doPost(payload, header_signature) {\n    if (whatsapp.verifyRequestSignature(payload.toString(), header_signature) {\n        throw 403;\n    }\n    \n    // Now the payload is correctly verified\n    whatsapp.post(payload);\n}\n```\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/Secreto31126/whatsapp-api-js/pull/371\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-09-12T21:29:17Z","modified":"2024-09-12T21:39:38Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:02.014847Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-45607","description":"whatsapp-api-js is a TypeScript server agnostic Whatsapp's Official API framework. It's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid. Incorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.3.","status":"published","published":"2024-09-12T20:15:05.02Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:54:33.333Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:26.717759Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-45607","title":"whatsapp-api-js fails to validate message's signature","description":"whatsapp-api-js is a TypeScript server agnostic Whatsapp's Official API framework. It's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid. Incorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.3.","status":"published","published":"2024-09-12T19:58:13.803Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30.074208599Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:42.790566Z"},{"id":"GHSA-mwhf-vhr5-7j23","title":"whatsapp-api-js fails to validate message's signature","description":"### Impact\nIncorrect Access Control, anyone using the post or verifyRequestSignature methods to handle messages is impacted.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in version 4.0.3.\n\n### Workarounds\nIt's possible to check the payload validation using the WhatsAppAPI.verifyRequestSignature and expect false when the signature is valid.\n\n```ts\nfunction doPost(payload, header_signature) {\n    if (whatsapp.verifyRequestSignature(payload.toString(), header_signature) {\n        throw 403;\n    }\n    \n    // Now the payload is correctly verified\n    whatsapp.post(payload);\n}\n```\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/Secreto31126/whatsapp-api-js/pull/371\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-09-12T21:29:17Z","modified":"2024-09-12T21:58:08.792359Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.534897Z"}]}}