Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2014· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-6637
CVE-2012-6637
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.
Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 20 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.9.0
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:phonegap:2.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.3.0
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:3.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96nvdPatch
- www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdfnvdExploit
- labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2012/04/30/building-android-javajavascript-bridges/nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9nvd
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txtnvd
- www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programmenvd
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