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Medium · 4.7 CVE-2020-16873 EUVD-2020-8831GHSA-mc93-wcph-m2mx

Xamarin.Forms Spoofing Vulnerability

Published Sep 11, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

<p>A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView version prior to 83.0.4103.106. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript code on a target system.</p>
<p>For the attack to be successful, the targeted user would need to browse to a malicious website or a website serving the malicious code through Xamarin.Forms.</p>
<p>The security update addresses this vulnerability by preventing the malicious Javascript from running in the WebView.</p>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft xamarin.forms 83.0.0 – < publication publication

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