PT-2018-6361 · Duolingo · Duolingo Tinycards

Yakov Shafranovich · Published 2018-01-05 · Updated 2018-01-24 · CVE-2017-16905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: DuoLingo TinyCards version 1.0 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to spoof content and achieve remote code execution via a man-in-the-middle attack due to the use of unencrypted HTTP.

Recommendations: For DuoLingo TinyCards version 1.0 and earlier, update to version 1.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16905

Affected Products

Duolingo Tinycards

References · 4

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/281605 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16905 · Security Note
• https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2018/01/04/rce-in-duolingos-tinycards-app-for-android-cve-2017-16905 · Note