Published: 23/08/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.1 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.2

VMScore: 685

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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CVE-2018-15685 - Electron WebPreferences Remote Code Execution This is a minimal Electron application with a POC for CVE-2018-15685 A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered affecting apps with the ability to open nested child windows on Electron versions (300-beta6, 207, 187, and 1715) This vulnerability has been assign ...

CWE-1188 https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/

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