CVE-2014-1883

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Adobe PhoneGap before 2.6.0 on Android uses the shouldOverrideUrlLoading callback instead of the proper shouldInterceptRequest callback, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended device-resource restrictions via content that is accessed (1) in an IFRAME element or (2) with the XMLHttpRequest method by a crafted application.

Affected products

Adobe Phonegap: through 2.5.0; 2.0.0, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.2.0-rc1, 2.2.0-rc2 (+6)

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap/blob/2.6.0/changelog
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap/blob/2.6.0/changelog

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