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TI-2020-18818 Aliases CVE-2020-36624GHSA-74hc-57m5-83ch

ahorner text-helpers translation.rb reverse tabnabbing

Priority LOW 29CWE-1022Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00622 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed text_helpers (RubyGems): 1.2.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ahornertext-helpers1.0—No fix listedCNA
—text_helpers (RubyGems)1.1.0 to before 1.2.01.2.0Patch availableGHSA-74hc-57m5-83ch
  • text-helpers Vendorahorner Affected 1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • text_helpers (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0 to before 1.2.0 Fixed in 1.2.0 Patch available GHSA-74hc-57m5-83ch

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:texthelpers_project:texthelpers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.1.0VulnerableTexthelpers Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:texthelpers_project:texthelpers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.0 Vulnerable ·Texthelpers Project

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-74hc-57m5-83ch text_helpers (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36624
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-74hc-57m5-83ch
  3. 2026-11-06 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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