Security Advisory - Arbitrary URL Loading Vulnerability in TripAdvisor

The TripAdvisor app pre-installed in some Huawei mobile phones have an arbitrary URL loading vulnerability due to insufficient input validation and improper configuration. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to invoke TripAdvisor to load a specific URL and execute malicious code contained in the URL. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-01110)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-17226.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

<http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180130-01-tripadvisor-en&gt;