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author:
    name: Tony Homer
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title:  "CVE announcements for Cordova iOS"
categories: announcements
tags: news releases security
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CVE-2015-5207 - Bypass of Access Restrictions in Apache Cordova iOS

Severity: 
High

Vendor: 
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
cordova-ios 3.9.2 and below

Description:
Apache Cordova iOS contains 2 methods to bypass the URL access restrictions provided by the whitelist. An attacker can use any of the 2 methods to load malicious resources in an app that uses a whitelist to only load trusted resources.

Upgrade path:
Developers who are concerned about this issue should install version 4.0.0 or higher of the cordova-ios platform.

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co.,Ltd.
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CVE-2015-5208 - Arbitrary plugin execution issue in Apache Cordova iOS

Severity: 
High

Vendor: 
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
cordova-ios 3.9.2 and below

Description:
An arbitrary plugin can be executed when a user clicks on a link.

Upgrade path:
Developers who are concerned about this issue should install version 4.0.0 or higher of the cordova-ios platform.

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co.,Ltd.