7.5

CVE-2012-6637: adobe phonegap Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 03-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6637 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in adobe phonegap. EPSS estimates a 8.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.94%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier do not anchor the end of domain-name regular expressions, which allows remote attackers to bypass a whitelist protection mechanism via a domain name that contains an acceptable name as an initial substring.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 8.77% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
8.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (cs.utexas.edu)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Adobe1 product
  • phonegap≤ 2.9.0 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0:rc1 | 2.1.0 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.0:rc1 | 2.2.0:rc2 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.0:rc1 | 2.3.0:rc2 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.0:rc1 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.0:rc1 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.0:rc1 | 2.7.0 | 2.7.0:rc1 | 2.8.0 | 2.8.1 | 2.9.0:rc1
Apache1 product
  • cordova≤ 3.3.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.0:rc1 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.0:rc1 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.0:rc1 | 3.3.0:rc1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

6 links