HIGH 8.1 npm
Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution
GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v · CVE-2018-15685
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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.
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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/519a02d8d4d28e8a467acb40fb26172a80c9454f
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/80221e52d93a96ea704cb6748ead669c55cff504
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/bab968ca776be28791e4dddfd50c86bd5fae62fa
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b
- WEB https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
- PACKAGE https://github.com/electron/electron
- WEB https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/cve-2018-15685
- WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272
- WEB https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/732
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