GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-HV9C-QWQG-QJ3VElectron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
89.9%
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.
Affected configurations
References
electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v
github.com/electron/electron/commit/519a02d8d4d28e8a467acb40fb26172a80c9454f
github.com/electron/electron/commit/80221e52d93a96ea704cb6748ead669c55cff504
github.com/electron/electron/commit/bab968ca776be28791e4dddfd50c86bd5fae62fa
github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685
www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/cve-2018-15685
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/
www.npmjs.com/advisories/732
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
89.9%