GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-74hc-57m5-83ch text_helpers uses web link to untrusted target with window.opener access
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-36624
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- text_helpers
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1022, CWE-266
- Reviewed
- 2022-12-22
Affected packages
• RubyGems text_helpers: >= 1.1.0, < 1.2.0 → fixed in 1.2.0
Description
A vulnerability was found in ahorner text-helpers 1.1.0/1.1.1. 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 1.2.0 can 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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-36624 A vulnerability was found in ahorner text-helpers up to 1.0.x. vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36624 advisory
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19 web
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3 web
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers package
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0 web
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.2.0 web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/text_helpers/CVE-2020-36624.yml web
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216520 web