Cordova In-App-Browser iOS plugin from Cordova versions 2.6.0 to 2.9.0 and Cordova In-App-Browser iOS standalone plugin (org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser) versions 0.1.0 to 0.3.1 suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability.
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CVE-2014-0073: Apache Cordova In-App-Browser privilege escalation
Severity: Important
Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Cordova In-App-Browser iOS plugin from Cordova versions 2.6.0 to 2.9.0
Cordova In-App-Browser iOS standalone plugin (org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser) versions 0.1.0 to 0.3.1
Description:
An exploit was found in the InAppBrowser plugin that would allow a
malicious site to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the host page. The
problem has been fixed in the latest version of the plugin (v0.3.2). We
recommend affected projects update their plugin.
Upgrade path:
Developers using the In-App Browser plugin in their applications should
upgrade to version 0.3.2
Credit:
This issue was discovered by Neil Bergman of Cigital, Inc.