CVE-2018-15685

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-15685
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-23T05:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-1188 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1188.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/ Exploit VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15685
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:33:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:23:38 2018-08-23T05:29Z 2018-08-23T05:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:23:38 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:23:38 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated