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There are no known workarounds for this issue. ### Patches * The issue has been fixed in wire-webapp **2022-03-30-production.0** and is already deployed on all Wire managed services. * On-premise instances of wire-webapp need to be updated to docker tag **2022-03-30-production.0-v0.29.2-0-d144552** or wire-server **2022-03-30 (chart/4.8.0)**, so that their applications are no longer affected. ### Workarounds * No workarounds known ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory feel free to email us at [vulnerability-report@wire.com](mailto:vulnerability-report@wire.com) ### Credits We thank [Posix](https://twitter.com/po6ix) for reporting this vulnerability","publishedAt":"2022-04-20T17:55:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2025-04-23T18:33:44.537Z","severity":{"score":9.6,"label":"Critical","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["wireapp wire-webapp"],"affected":[{"vendor":"wireapp","product":"wire-webapp","versions":[{"version":"< 2022-03-30-production.0","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/security/advisories/GHSA-5568-rfh8-vmhq","https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/commit/d14455252a949dc83f36d45e2babbdd9328af2a4","https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp/releases/tag/2022-03-30-production.0"],"weaknesses":["CWE-79"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:49:43.915Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24799.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-24799","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2022-04-20T17:55:09.000Z","dateUpdated":"2025-04-23T18:33:44.537Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2022-02-10T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Cross Site Scripting in Wire Webapp","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"wire-webapp is the web application interface for the wire messaging service. 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