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CVE-2012-6637
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…
High7.5EPSS 8.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20140124 Security Vulnerabilities in Apache Cordova / PhoneGap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request: multiple issues in Apache Cordova/PhoneGap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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