Cordova Plugin InAppBrowser: iOS: Arbitrary Cordova callback IDs can be dispatched without validation from InAppBrowser

Description

The iOS implementation of cordova-plugin-inappbrowser passes the id field from a WKScriptMessage body to commandDelegate sendPluginResult:callbackId: with no format validation (CDVWKInAppBrowser.m:560–574).

Recommendation

Update the cordova-plugin-inappbrowser package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 6.0.1
• Patched version(s): 6.0.1

References

• GHSA-q42j-x8rq-pjg6
• lists.apache.org
• www.openwall.com
• CVE-2026-47430
• CWE-20
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Privilege Escalation in cordova-plugin-inappbrowser - CVE-2019-0219
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• Backstage: Catalog unprocessed read endpoints allow authenticated cross-owner data access without permission checks - @backstage/plugin-catalog-unprocessed-entities-common - CVE-2026-44374
• @babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs generates arbitrary code when compiling malicious input - CVE-2026-44728

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Tags:

npm

cordova-plugin-inappbrowser