HIGH8.1
GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v
Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution
Quick fix
GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v — electron: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install electron@1.7.16Details
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.
More information to determine if you are impacted can be found on the [electron blog](https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix).
## Recommendation
Upgrade Electron to >=3.0.0-beta.7, >=2.0.8, >=1.8.8, or >=1.7.16.
Are you affected?
Enter the version of the package you're using.
Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15685[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/519a02d8d4d28e8a467acb40fb26172a80c9454f[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/80221e52d93a96ea704cb6748ead669c55cff504[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/bab968ca776be28791e4dddfd50c86bd5fae62fa[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef0a6d9a1c96efc4657c6dd3a6624eba969f095b[WEB]
- https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron[PACKAGE]
- https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/cve-2018-15685[WEB]
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272[WEB]
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/732[WEB]