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GHSA-C6PW-Q7F2-97HV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-09-04 17:57 – Updated: 2026-06-18 19:01

Summary

Privilege Escalation in cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

Details

Versions of cordova-plugin-inappbrowser prior to 3.1.0 are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. 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. This affects Cordova Android applications using the package.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.1.0 or later.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-06-18T19:01:55Z",
  "published": "2020-09-04T17:57:43Z",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1467"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
    },
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}

CVE-2019-0219 (GCVE-0-2019-0219)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-14 14:18 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:44

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Information Disclosure

Assigner

apache mitre root Scorecard

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/28/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/197482d5ab80…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.apache.org/thread/4vtg0trdrh5203dkt…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache	Cordova	Affected: Cordova Android applications using the InAppBrowser plugin ( cordova-plugin-inappbrowser version 3.0.0 and below )

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