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CVE-2012-6637 Details

Description

Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier do not anchor the end of domain-name regular expressions, which allows remote attackers to bypass a whitelist protection mechanism via a domain name that contains an acceptable name as an initial substring.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt	CVE
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96	CVE	Patch
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf	CVE	Exploit
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3	CVE
http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/	[email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9	[email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3	[email protected]

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apache cordova	<= 3.3.0 3.0.0 3.0.0 rc1 3.1.0 3.1.0 rc1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.0.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.1.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.2.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.3.0:rc1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
adobe phonegap	<= 2.9.0 2.0.0 2.0.0 rc1 2.1.0 2.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.0.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.4.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.5.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.6.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.7.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.9.0:rc1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 3, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]