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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-6483 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.959Z

Reserved: 2014-02-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-6637

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-03T04:50:46.203

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2012-6637

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