GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2018-15685
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- electron
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1188
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• npm electron: >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.16 → fixed in 1.7.16
• npm electron: >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.8 → fixed in 1.8.8
• npm electron: >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.8 → fixed in 2.0.8
• npm electron: >= 3.0.0-beta.1, < 3.0.0-beta.7 → fixed in 3.0.0-beta.7
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.
More information to determine if you are impacted can be found on the electron blog.
Recommendation
Upgrade Electron to >=3.0.0-beta.7, >=2.0.8, >=1.8.8, or >=1.7.16.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2018-15685 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… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685 advisory
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/519a02d8d4d28e8a467acb40fb26172a80c9454f web
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/80221e52d93a96ea704cb6748ead669c55cff504 web
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/bab968ca776be28791e4dddfd50c86bd5fae62fa web
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b web
- https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix web
- https://github.com/electron/electron package
- https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/cve-2018-15685 web
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272 web
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/732 web