CVE-2020-36624

MEDIUM

texthelpers < 1.1.0 - Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory technical-description vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.216520
Patch, Third Party Advisory related
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory mitigation
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-1022
Status published
Products (2)
rubygems/text_helpers 1.1.0 - 1.2.0RubyGems
texthelpers_project/texthelpers < 1.1.0
Published Dec 22, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026