CVE-2020-16873

<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>
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xamarin.forms:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

History

31 Dec 2023, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView version prior to 83.0.4103.106, aka 'Xamarin.Forms Spoofing Vulnerability'. <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>
CVSS v2 : 6.8
v3 : 8.8
v2 : 6.8
v3 : 4.7

Information

Published : 2020-09-11 17:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:00


NVD link : CVE-2020-16873

Mitre link : CVE-2020-16873

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-16873


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Products Affected

google

  • chrome

microsoft

  • xamarin.forms
CWE
CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource