THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-3160
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-3160

Cordova vulnerability

CVSS
7.4
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
After the Android platform is added to Cordova the first time, or after a project is created using the build scripts, the scripts will fetch Gradle on the first build. However, since the default URI is not using https, it is vulnerable to a MiTM and the Gradle executable is not safe. The severity of this issue is high due to the fact that the build scripts immediately start a build after Gradle has been fetched. Developers who are concerned about this issue should install version 6.1.2 or higher of Cordova-Android. If developers are unable to install the latest version, this vulnerability can easily be mitigated by setting the CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL environment variable to https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Cordova
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
2018-02-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-3160

  • Confirm whether Apache Cordova is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-3160.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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