CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5529

8.1 HIGH Published 2020-02-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-02-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-665, CWE-94

Description

HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover, when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application.

Affected configurations

• htmlunit htmlunit (< 2.37.0) • debian debian linux 9.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • apache camel

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References