ghsa-5mh9-r3rr-9597
Vulnerability from github
Published
2020-05-21 21:08
Modified
2024-10-15 23:33
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Code execution vulnerability in HtmlUnit
Details

HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover, when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.37.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-5529"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-665",
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-05-21T17:25:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-02-11T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover, when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. ",
  "id": "GHSA-5mh9-r3rr-9597",
  "modified": "2024-10-15T23:33:01Z",
  "published": "2020-05-21T21:08:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5529"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/commit/bc1f58d483cc8854a9c4c1739abd5e04a2eb0367"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/2.37.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34535327"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cd7f8e61dc6b8a2d9065094cd1f46aa63ad10f237ee363e26e8563%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2cd7f8e61dc6b8a2d9065094cd1f46aa63ad10f237ee363e26e8563@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00023.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4584-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Code execution vulnerability in HtmlUnit"
}


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