CVE-2014-0073
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 8.3% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The CDVInAppBrowser class in the Apache Cordova In-App-Browser standalone plugin (org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser) before 0.3.2 for iOS and the In-App-Browser plugin for iOS from Cordova 2.6.0 through 2.9.0 does not properly validate callback identifiers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the host page and consequently gain privileges via a crafted gap-iab: URI.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 8.28% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-10-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | cordova |
| apache | cordova in-app-browser |
References
- http://d3adend.org/blog/?p=403
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/30
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531334/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65959
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91560
- https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/commit/26702cb0720c5c394b407c23570136c53171fa55
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cordova-dev/201403.mbox/%3CCAK_TSXLGJag5Q9ATUCbFtkWvMWX9XnC80kKp-HKi25gPcvV4gw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://d3adend.org/blog/?p=403
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/30
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531334/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65959
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91560
- https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/commit/26702cb0720c5c394b407c23570136c53171fa55
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cordova-dev/201403.mbox/%3CCAK_TSXLGJag5Q9ATUCbFtkWvMWX9XnC80kKp-HKi25gPcvV4gw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
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