{
"id": "GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-15685"
],
"details": "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.\n\nMore information to determine if you are impacted can be found on the [electron blog](https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix).\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade Electron to >=3.0.0-beta.7, >=2.0.8, >=1.8.8, or >=1.7.16.",
"summary": "Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.7.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.7.16"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
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"introduced": "1.8.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.8.8"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.0.8"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.0.0-beta.1"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.0-beta.7"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
}
],
"modified": "2022-08-02T18:03:09Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"published": "2018-08-23T19:12:08Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/519a02d8d4d28e8a467acb40fb26172a80c9454f",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/80221e52d93a96ea704cb6748ead669c55cff504",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/bab968ca776be28791e4dddfd50c86bd5fae62fa",
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},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b",
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},
{
"url": "https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/cve-2018-15685",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/732",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1188"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:41:01Z"
}
}