CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-36624

A vulnerability was found in ahorner text-helpers up to 1.0.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lib/text_helpers/translation.rb. The manipulation of the argument link leads to use of web link to untrusted target with window.opener access. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216520.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216520 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:texthelpers_project:texthelpers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-12-22 10:15

Updated : 2022-12-29 04:06

NVD link : CVE-2020-36624

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36624

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-1022

Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access