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
2018-08-23T05:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:30:30Z
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":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "3.0.0-beta6"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "3.0.0-beta6"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product":  "electronjs:electron"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/electron/electron

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/electron/electron
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "1.7.15"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "1.7.15"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "1.8.7"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "1.8.7"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.0.7"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.0.7"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

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"