CVE-2020-11990 — We have resolved a security issue in the camera plugin that could have affected

We have resolved a security issue in the camera plugin that could have affected certain Cordova (Android) applications. An attacker who could install (or lead the victim to install) a specially crafted (or malicious) Android application would be able to access pictures taken with

01What is this vulnerability?

We have resolved a security issue in the camera plugin that could have affected certain Cordova (Android) applications. An attacker who could install (or lead the victim to install) a specially crafted (or malicious) Android application would be able to access pictures taken with the app externally.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Apache Cordova ( cordova	plugin-camera ) — [email protected] and below

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-12-01T16:46:08.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:48:57.611Z

09References

• cordova.apache.org — https://cordova.apache.org/news/2020/09/18/camera-plugin-release.html
• jvn.jp — http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN59779918/index.html