VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5256
Apache Cordova-Android before 4.1.0, when an application relies on a remote server, improperly implements a JavaScript whitelist protection mechanism, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URI.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.22%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apache Cordova-Android before 4.1.0, when an application relies on a remote server, improperly implements a JavaScript whitelist protection mechanism, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URI.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.22% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apache/cordova
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN18889193/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-000187.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134497/Apache-Cordova-3.7.2-Whitelist-Failure.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536944/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77677
- https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/11/20/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN18889193/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-000187.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134497/Apache-Cordova-3.7.2-Whitelist-Failure.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536944/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77677
- https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/11/20/security.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.