{"id":"GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v","summary":"Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution","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 \u003e=3.0.0-beta.7, \u003e=2.0.8, \u003e=1.8.8, or \u003e=1.7.16.","aliases":["CVE-2018-15685"],"modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:57.849311Z","published":"2018-08-23T19:12:08Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-1188"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2020-06-16T21:41:01Z","nvd_published_at":null},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685"},{"type":"WEB","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"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron"},{"type":"WEB","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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.7.0"},{"fixed":"1.7.16"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/08/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v.json"}},{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.0"},{"fixed":"1.8.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/08/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v.json"}},{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"fixed":"2.0.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/08/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v.json"}},{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.0.0-beta.1"},{"fixed":"3.0.0-beta.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/08/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}