CVE-2012-6637

N/A Unknown
Published: March 03, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

adobe apache

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