CVE-2019-0219: Apache Cordova InAppBrowser Privilege Escalation (Android)

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CVE-2019-0219: Apache Cordova InAppBrowser Privilege Escalation (Android)
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Severity: Medium

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected: Cordova Android applications using the InAppBrowser
plugin
( cordova-plugin-inappbrowser version 3.0.0 and below )

Description: A website running in the InAppBrowser webview on Android could
execute
arbitrary JavaScript in the main application's webview using a specially
crafted gap-iab: URI.

Upgrade path: Developers who are concerned about this issue should install
version 3.1.0 or higher of cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

Mitigation Steps: Upgrade plugin to 3.1.0 or higher and rebuild
application, update deployments.

Credit: Sergey Bobrov (Kaspersky Lab)