Description
Apache Cordova-Android before 4.1.0, when an application relies on a remote server, improperly implements a JavaScript whitelist protection mechanism, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URI.
References
- 20151120 Fwd: CVE-2015-5256: Apache Cordova vulnerable to improper application of whitelist restrictions mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134497/Apache-Cordova-3.7.2-Whitelist-Failure.html
- JVNDB-2015-000187 third-party-advisory
- 77677 vdb-entry
- https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/11/20/security.html
- JVN#18889193 third-party-advisory