CVE-2018-15685

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15685
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-15685.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-15685
Aliases
Published
2018-08-23T05:29:00.227Z
Modified
2026-08-07T11:31:05.893813702Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "vendor_product": "electronjs:electron",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.0.0-beta6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.0.0-beta6"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/electron/electron

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/electron/electron
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "cpe": [
        "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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.15"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.15"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.8.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.8.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.15
1.8.7
2.*
2.0.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-15685.json"