CVE-2015-5256
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | cordova | {"endIncluding":"3.6.4"} | |
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.html
- 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.html
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.