CVE-2020-36624
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-1022
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Texthelpers Project Texthelpers < 1.1.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
References
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216520
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216520