CVE-2018-15685
HIGH8.1EPSS 12.7%Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution
Published: 8/23/2018Modified: 11/8/2023
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](https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix). ## Recommendation Upgrade Electron to >=3.0.0-beta.7, >=2.0.8, >=1.8.8, or >=1.7.16.
Affected packages (1)
- npm/electron>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685
- PATCHhttps://github.com/electron/electron
- WEBhttps://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
- WEBhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/519a02d8d4d28e8a467acb40fb26172a80c9454f
- WEBhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/80221e52d93a96ea704cb6748ead669c55cff504
- WEBhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/bab968ca776be28791e4dddfd50c86bd5fae62fa
- WEBhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b
- WEBhttps://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/cve-2018-15685
- WEBhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272
- WEBhttps://www.npmjs.com/advisories/732