CVE-2020-36624

low-risk
Published 2022-12-22

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 link to untrusted target with window.opener access. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216520.

Do I need to act?

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0.32% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Texthelpers

Affected Vendors

Texthelpers Project

References (8)

Patch https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746...
Patch https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
Release Notes https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.216520
Patch https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746...
Patch https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
Release Notes https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.216520
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low-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal