# CVE-2020-36624: ahorner text-helpers translation.rb reverse tabnabbing

- Also known as: GHSA-74HC-57M5-83CH
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.0
- Published: 2022-12-22 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- ahorner text-helpers: 1.0
- text\_helpers (RubyGems): from 1.1.0, fixed in 1.2.0

## Description

A vulnerability was found in ahorner text-helpers up to 1.0.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lib/text_helpers/translation.rb. The manipulation of the argument link leads to use of web link to untrusted target with window.opener access. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216520.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ahorner text-helpers, text\_helpers, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.216520
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/pull/19
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/commit/184b60ded0e43c985788582aca2d1e746f9405a3
- https://github.com/ahorner/text-helpers/releases/tag/v1.1.0

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