CVE-2018-15685

high-risk
Published 2018-08-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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12.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
45272
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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 (4)

Affected Vendors

Electronjs

References (4)

Mitigation https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/
Mitigation https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 10/34 · Low