Information from The Apache Software Foundation
Vulnerability ID:JVN#35341085
Title:Apache Cordova fails to restrict access permissions
Status:Vulnerable
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CVE-2015-5207 - Bypass of Access Restrictions in Apache Cordova iOS
Severity: High
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected: cordova-ios 3.9.2 and below
Description: Apache Cordova iOS contains 2 methods to bypass the URL access restrictions provided by the whitelist. An attacker can use any of the 2 methods to load malicious resources in an app that uses a whitelist to only load trusted resources.
Upgrade path: Developers who are concerned about this issue should install version 4.0.0 or higher of the cordova-ios platform.
Credit: This issue was discovered by Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co.,Ltd.
