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CVE-2019-0219: Privilege Escalation in cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

September 4, 2020 (updated June 18, 2026)

Versions of cordova-plugin-inappbrowser prior to 3.1.0 are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A website running in the InAppBrowser webview on Android could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the main application’s webview using a specially crafted gap-iab: URI. This affects Cordova Android applications using the package.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6pw-q7f2-97hv
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/197482d5ab80c0bff4a5ec16e1b0466df38389d9a4b5331d777f14fc%40%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread/4vtg0trdrh5203dktt4f3vkd5z2d5ndj
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0219
  • www.npmjs.com/advisories/1467
  • www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.1.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.1.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1.0 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

npm/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/CVE-2019-0219.yml

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