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.
References
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
- http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
- 20140124 Security Vulnerabilities in Apache Cordova / PhoneGap mailing-list
- http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/
- [oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request: multiple issues in Apache Cordova/PhoneGap mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt