CVE-2018-15685

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Published Aug 23, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 8.1 High EPSS 10.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v	Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 10.3% (10.297% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/

History

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Subscriptions

Electronjs Electron

Weaknesses

CWE-1188

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 23, 2018, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:01 AM
Reserved: Aug 21, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:42 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 23, 2018, 5:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:42 AM

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