CVE-2018-1000136

moderate-risk
Published 2018-03-23

Electron version 1.7 up to 1.7.12; 1.8 up to 1.8.3 and 2.0.0 up to 2.0.0-beta.3 contains an improper handling of values vulnerability in Webviews that can result in remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via an app which allows execution of 3rd party code AND disallows node integration AND has not specified if webview is enabled/disabled. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.13, 1.8.4, 2.0.0-beta.4.

Do I need to act?

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1.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Electronjs

References (4)

Mitigation https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix
Exploit https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-...
Mitigation https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix
Exploit https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low