XSS in Kaiostech Kaios
CVE-2019-14756
An issue was discovered in KaiOS 1.0, 2.5, and 2.5.12.5. The pre-installed Email application is vulnerable to HTML and JavaScript injection attacks. An attacker can send a specially crafted email to the victim that will inject HTML into the email application's UI as soon as the email is opened. At a bare minimum, this allows an attacker to take control over the Email application's UI (e.g., display a malicious prompt to the user asking them to re-enter their email credentials) and also allows an attacker to abuse any of the privileges available to the mobile application.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Kaiostech Kaios — versions 1.0, 2.5, 2.5.12.5
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14756?
- CVE-2019-14756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kaiostech Kaios, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14756?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.