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…
EPSS: 0.003 (55.8th 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (technical-description, vdb-entry)
- github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19 (related)
- github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3 (mitigation, patch)
- github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0 (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.