PT-2020-18504 · Htmlunit+1 · Htmlunit+1

Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2020-5529

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 HtmlUnit versions prior to 2.37.0

Description The issue is related to improper initialization of the Rhino engine in HtmlUnit, allowing malicious JavaScript code to execute arbitrary Java code on the application. This problem also affects Android applications that embed HtmlUnit, as the Android-specific initialization of the Rhino engine is done improperly.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.37.0, update to version 2.37.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of the Rhino engine in HtmlUnit until a patch is available. Restrict access to the application to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Code Injection

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5529

DLA-2326-1

GHSA-5MH9-R3RR-9597

MGASA-2021-0148

USN-4584-1

Affected Products

Htmlunit

Ubuntu

References · 23

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4584-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4584-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0148.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0148 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5529 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4584-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5529 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5mh9-r3rr-9597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2326-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/2.37.0 · Note
• https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/commit/bc1f58d483cc8854a9c4c1739abd5e04a2eb0367 · Note
• https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit · Note