Vulnerability in Ahorner Text-Helpers
CVE-2020-36624
A vulnerability was found in ahorner text-helpers up to 1.0.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lib/text_helpers/translation.rb. The manipulation of the argument link leads to use of web link to untrusted target with window.opener access. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216520.
EPSS: 0.006 (45.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Ahorner Text-helpers — versions 1.0
- Texthelpers_project Texthelpers
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- cna@vuldb.com (related, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cna@vuldb.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch, mitigation)
- cna@vuldb.com (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, mitigation)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36624?
- CVE-2020-36624 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ahorner Text-Helpers, classified under Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36624?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-36624 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.