CVE-2020-16873 json
Xamarin.Forms Spoofing Vulnerability
published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8831
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.0%
- EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
<p>A spoofing vulnerability manifests in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms due to the default settings on Android WebView version prior to 83.0.4103.106. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript code on a target system.</p> <p>For the attack to be successful, the targeted user would need to browse to a malicious website or a website serving the malicious code through Xamarin.Forms.</p> <p>The security update addresses this vulnerability by preventing the malicious Javascript from running in the WebView.</p>
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerExploit prediction
3.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C/CR:M/MAV:N/MAC:L/MPR:N/MUI:R/MS:C |
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Microsoft xamarin.forms
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
References
-
portal.msrc.microsoft.com
/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16873
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-16873
- NVD CVE-2020-16873
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