SCA: security update for cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio (GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432701

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio is a plugin provides a single and simple interface for accessing
fingerprint APIs on both Android 6+ and iOS. In versions prior to 5.0.1 The exported activity
`de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity` can cause the app to crash. This vulnerability
occurred because the activity didn't handle the case where it is requested with invalid or empty data
which results in a crash. Any third party app can constantly call this activity with no permission. A 3rd
party app/attacker using event listener can continually stop the app from working and make the victim
unable to open it. Version 5.0.1 of the cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio doesn't export the activity anymore
and is no longer vulnerable. If you want to fix older versions change the attribute android:exported in
plugin.xml to false. Please upgrade to version 5.0.1 as soon as possible. (CVE-2021-43849)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432701

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43849

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43849

cwe: CWE-617

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