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ghsa-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v

Vulnerability from github

Published

2018-08-23 19:12

Modified

2022-08-02 18:03

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

More information to determine if you are impacted can be found on the electron blog.

Recommendation

Upgrade Electron to >=3.0.0-beta.7, >=2.0.8, >=1.8.8, or >=1.7.16.

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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution"
}

cve-2018-15685

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-08-23 05:00

Modified

2024-08-05 10:01

Severity ?

Summary

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	n/a

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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