CVE-2015-5208
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
- Record
CVE-2015-5208- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
- Record
CVE-2015-5208- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5209 No score
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
- Record
EUVD-2015-5209- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gpj-ff3f-jff9
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
Apache Cordova iOS before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugins via a link.
- Record
GHSA-8gpj-ff3f-jff9- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-5208 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Apache Cordova, published May 9, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.62%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
cordova.apache.org/announcements/2016/04/27/security.html
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN41772178/index.html
jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000059.html
securityfocus.com/bid/88797
packetstormsecurity.com/files/136839/Apache-Cordova-iOS-3.9.1-Arbitrary-Plugin-Execution.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5208
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gpj-ff3f-jff9