CVE-2018-16202

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cordova-plugin-ionic-webview versions prior to 2.2.0 (not including 2.0.0-beta.0, 2.0.0-beta.1, 2.0.0-beta.2, and 2.1.0-0) allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

npm, Inc. cordova-plugin-ionic-webview: through 1.2.1; from 2.0.1 before 2.2.0; 2.0.0 — fixed in 2.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: npm, Inc. cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN60497148/index.html
https://github.com/ionic-team/cordova-plugin-ionic-webview
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN69812763/index.html
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/746
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN60497148/index.html
https://github.com/ionic-team/cordova-plugin-ionic-webview
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN69812763/index.html
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/746

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