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CVE-2020-36624

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36624 is a critical vulnerability affecting ahorner text-helpers up to version 1.0.x, specifically within the lib/text_helpers/translation.rb file. This flaw allows for a remote attack where manipulating a 'link' argument can lead to the use of a web link to an untrusted target with window.opener access, potentially enabling malicious actions. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction and has low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:texthelpers_project:texthelpers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: text_helpersFixed in: 1.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-74hc-57m5-83chmedium

text_helpers uses web link to untrusted target with window.opener access

Dec 22, 2022

References

github.com / ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory