Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting cordova-plugin-inappbrowser package, versions <3.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-CORDOVAPLUGININAPPBROWSER-541840
  • published 14 Jan 2020
  • disclosed 28 Nov 2019
  • credit Sergey Bobrov

How to fix?

Upgrade cordova-plugin-inappbrowser to version 3.1.0 or higher.

Overview

cordova-plugin-inappbrowser is a Cordova InAppBrowser Plugin.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. A website running in the InAppBrowser webview on Android could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the main application's webview using a specially crafted gap-iab: URI.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

9.8 critical