Htmlunit
CVE-2020-5529
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Proper initialization
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| Impact | CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-665. HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover, when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Affected products include: Htmlunit, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Apache Camel. Version information: prior to 2.37.0.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
HtmlUnit prior to 2.37.0 contains code execution vulnerabilities. HtmlUnit initializes Rhino engine improperly, hence a malicious JavScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application. Moreover, when embedded in Android application, Android-specific initialization of Rhino engine is done in an improper way, hence a malicious JavaScript code can execute arbitrary Java code on the application.
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Versions of the package net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit from 0 and before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Executio
HtmlUnit is a GUI-less browser for Java programs. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS). Rated high sever
HtmlUnit NekoHtml Parser before 2.61.0 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), t
Certain Neko-related HTML parsers allow a denial of service via crafted Processing Instruction (PI) input that causes ex
Cross-site scripting in HtmlUnit Neko (htmlunit-neko) before 5.4.0 lets an unauthenticated remote attacker smuggle execu
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