CVE-2012-6637

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
1.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: March 3, 2014 (4456 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache cordovaadobe phonegap

References

🔗 labs.mwrinfosecurity.com 🔗 openwall.com 🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.cs.utexas.edu