Description
Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier do not anchor the end of domain-name regular expressions, which allows remote attackers to bypass a whitelist protection mechanism via a domain name that contains an acceptable name as an initial substring.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96Patch
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfExploit
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96Patch
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfExploit
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 3, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified