Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-16873 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource vulnerability in Microsoft Xamarin.Forms

047910
CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
microsoft
CWE-1188

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>

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
1
Application
Google
1