CVE-2018-15685

Summary

CVE	CVE-2018-15685
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2018-08-23 05:29:00 UTC
Updated	2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1188

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Electronjs	Electron	1.7.15	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	1.8.7	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	2.0.7	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	3.0.0	beta6	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	1.7.15	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	1.8.7	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	2.0.7	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	3.0.0	beta6	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Electron WebPreferences - Remote Code Execution - Multiple remote Exploit	EXPLOIT-DB	www.exploit-db.com	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
WebPreferences Vulnerability Fix \| Electron Blog	MISC	electronjs.org	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

981035 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for electron (GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v)