Published:2015/11/17  Last Updated:2015/11/17

JVN#64625488
applican vulnerable to script injection

Overview

applican provided by Newphoria Corporation Inc. contains a script injection vulnerability.

Note that this vulnerability is different from JVN#71088919.

Products Affected

  • Applications built using applican for Android versions 1.12.6 and earlier
  • Applications built using applican for iOS versions 1.12.3 and earlier

Description

applican provided by Newphoria Corporation Inc. is a platform to build hybrid applications for both iOS and Android. applican is vulnerable to script injection due to an issue in proccessing URL.

Impact

When a user accesses a specially crafted URL through an application built using applican, an arbitrary script may be executed leading to an arbitrary API being called.

Solution

Update applican and rebuild the application
Update to the latest version of applican and rebuild the application according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Newphoria Corporation Vulnerable 2015/11/17

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2015.11.17 (CVSS Base Metrics)

What is CVSS?

Measures Severity Description
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N) A vulnerability exploitable with network access means the vulnerable software is bound to the network stack and the attacker does not require local network access or local access. Such a vulnerability is often termed "remotely exploitable".
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L) The access conditions are somewhat specialized.
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N) Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is considerable informational disclosure. Access to some system files is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what is obtained, or the scope of the loss is constrained.
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.

Base Score:6.8

Credit

Kenta Suefusa and Tomonori Shiomi of Sprout Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2015-7772
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2015-000179