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CVE-2020-36624

A vulnerability was found in ahorner text-helpers up to 1.0.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affe

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.00324
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1022Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access
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Affected Products & Versions

1
texthelpers project texthelpers< 1.1.0
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
RubyGems text_helpers MODERATE fixed in 1.2.0
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Scoring & Timeline

6.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cna@vuldb.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Dec 2022 · 10:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216520Third Party Advisory
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