Cross-site scripting in Inappbrowser - CVE-2019-0219
Published: January 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24399
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0219
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via a specially crafted gap-iab: URI. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the main application's webview on the Android device.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Inappbrowser
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
Oracle Transportation Management
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
Instantis EnterpriseTrack
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
Oracle Transportation Management
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
Instantis EnterpriseTrack
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0219
Install updates from vendor's website.
Inappbrowser - update to 3.1.0
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser - update to 3.1.0
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser - update to 3.1.0
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Cross-site scripting in Apache Inappbrowser plugin for Cordova
- Privilege escalation in cordova-plugin-inappbrowser package for NPM
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Instantis EnterpriseTrack
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
- Cross-site scripting in Oracle Transportation Management