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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-1882 · published 3 March 2014

CVE-2014-1882: Adobe phonegap permissions and access controls vulnerability

Adobe · Phonegap

Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to bypass intended device-resource restrictions of an event-based bridge via a crafted library clone that leverages IFRAME script execution and directly accesses bridge JavaScript objects, as demonstrated by certain cordova.require calls.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 12% · top 4.0% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Apache Cordova 3.3.0 and earlier and Adobe PhoneGap 2.9.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to bypass intended device-resource restrictions of an event-based bridge via a crafted library clone that leverages IFRAME script execution and directly accesses bridge JavaScript objects, as demonstrated by certain cordova.require calls.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96 Vendor Advisory
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/9
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124954/apachecordovaphonegap-bypass.txt
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Jan/96 Vendor Advisory
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ndss14nofrak.pdf
http://www.internetsociety.org/ndss2014/programme#session3

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-1882), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.