CVE-2014-0072

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

ios/CDVFileTransfer.m in the Apache Cordova File-Transfer standalone plugin (org.apache.cordova.file-transfer) before 0.4.2 for iOS and the File-Transfer plugin for iOS from Cordova 2.4.0 through 2.9.0 might allow remote attackers to spoof SSL servers by leveraging a default value of true for the trustAllHosts option.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Cordova Android: from 2.4.0 through 2.9.0
Apache Cordova File Transfer: through 0.4.1

References

http://d3adend.org/blog/?p=403
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/29
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531335/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91561
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/commit/a1d6fc07e8a40c1b2b16f4103c403b30e1089668
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cordova-dev/201403.mbox/%3CCAK_TSXKL9JtkehHC0jEoRwdvVKXt-d5uj40EwNY-Gk3ttX=wJw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://d3adend.org/blog/?p=403
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/29
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531335/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91561
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/commit/a1d6fc07e8a40c1b2b16f4103c403b30e1089668
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cordova-dev/201403.mbox/%3CCAK_TSXKL9JtkehHC0jEoRwdvVKXt-d5uj40EwNY-Gk3ttX=wJw%40mail.gmail.com%3E

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