CVE-2018-15685 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2018-08-23

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 12.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v	Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12681.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Electronjs Electron

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-23T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:01:54.447Z

Reserved: 2018-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15685

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-23T05:29:00.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:16.493

Link: CVE-2018-15685

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-1188

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