Privilege Escalation in cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

Description

Versions of cordova-plugin-inappbrowser prior to 3.1.0 are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A website running in the InAppBrowser webview on Android could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the main application’s webview using a specially crafted gap-iab: URI. This affects Cordova Android applications using the package.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 3.1.0
• Patched version(s): 3.1.0

References

• GHSA-c6pw-q7f2-97hv
• lists.apache.org
• www.npmjs.com
• www.openwall.com
• www.oracle.com
• CVE-2019-0219
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Cordova Plugin InAppBrowser: iOS: Arbitrary Cordova callback IDs can be dispatched without validation from InAppBrowser - CVE-2026-47430
• auth0-js Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - CVE-2017-17068
• Open WebUI: Missing `workspace.tools` Authorization Check on Tool Update Endpoint Allows Privilege Escalation to Code Ex - CVE-2026-45395
• Cross-Site Scripting in selectize-plugin-a11y - CVE-2019-15482

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Tags:

npm

cordova-plugin-inappbrowser