CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-15685
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1188
Description
GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.
Affected configurations
• electronjs electron 1.7.15
• electronjs electron 1.8.7
• electronjs electron 2.0.7
• electronjs electron 3.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default weakness
References
- https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry