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JVNDB-2018-000133

cordova-plugin-ionic-webview vulnerable to path traversal

Overview

cordova-plugin-ionic-webview provided by npm, Inc. contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) .

This vulnerability was first reported to npm, Inc. by the below reporters then also reported to IPA. Based on the coordination request made by the reporters, JPCERT/CC coordinated with npm, Inc. and published this advisory on JVN.

Reporters: Tatsuya Sakamto and Gaku Mochizuki of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 4.7 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 4.3 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Network
  • Access Complexity: Medium
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None
Affected Products


Ionic
  • cordova-plugin-ionic-webview versions prior to 2.2.0

According to nmp, Inc. below versions are not affected by this vulnerability.
* 2.0.0-beta.0
* 2.0.0-beta.1
* 2.0.0-beta.2
* 2.1.0-0
Impact

A remote attacker may obtain an arbitrary file such as a file related to an application on iOS device. As a result, contents of the file may be disclosed.
Solution

[Recreate iOS application incorporating the latest version of cordova-plugin-ionic-webview]
This vulnerability has been addressed in cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 2.2.0 and upper versions.
The developers of iOS applications using cordova-plugin-ionic-webview are recommended to recreate the applications incorporating the latest version of cordova-plugin-ionic-webview to resolve this vulnerability.
Vendor Information

Ionic
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. Path Traversal(CWE-22) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2018-16202
References

  1. JVN : JVN#69812763
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2018-16202
Revision History

  • [2018/12/21]
      Web page was published
  • [2019/08/28]
      References : Content was added

Date Public2018/12/21
Date First Published2018/12/21
Date Last Updated2019/08/28