CVE-2015-5207

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 might allow attackers to bypass a URL whitelist protection mechanism in an app and load arbitrary resources by leveraging unspecified methods.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Cordova Android: through 3.9.1

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN35341085/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000058.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136840/Apache-Cordova-iOS-3.9.1-Access-Bypass.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88764
https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2016/04/27/security.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN35341085/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000058.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136840/Apache-Cordova-iOS-3.9.1-Access-Bypass.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88764
https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2016/04/27/security.html

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