GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-5mh9-r3rr-9597 Code execution vulnerability in HtmlUnit
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-5529
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-665, CWE-94
- Reviewed
- 2020-05-21
Affected packages
• Maven net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit: < 2.37.0 → fixed in 2.37.0
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-5529 HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5529 advisory
- https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/commit/bc1f58d483cc8854a9c4c1739abd5e04a2eb0367 web
- https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit package
- https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/2.37.0 web
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34535327 web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cd7f8e61dc6b8a2d9065094cd1f46aa63ad10f237ee363e26e8563%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cd7f8e61dc6b8a2d9065094cd1f46aa63ad10f237ee363e26e8563@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00023.html web
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4584-1 web