CVE-2020-16873 (GCVE-0-2020-16873)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-11 17:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:45
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Summary
<p>A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView version prior to 83.0.4103.106. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript code on a target system.</p> <p>For the attack to be successful, the targeted user would need to browse to a malicious website or a website serving the malicious code through Xamarin.Forms.</p> <p>The security update addresses this vulnerability by preventing the malicious Javascript from running in the WebView.</p>
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4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C/CR:M/MAV:N/MAC:L/MPR:N/MUI:R/MS:C
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  • Spoofing
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Microsoft xamarin.forms Affected: 83.0.0 , < publication (custom)
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