CVE-2018-15685

HIGH

Electron < 1.7.16 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Matt Austin · textremotemultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272

View Code ZIP pw:eip

inthewild WORKING POC

poc

https://github.com/matt-/cve-2018-15685

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (2)

[Mitigation, Vendor Advisory] https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.1268

EPSS Percentile 94.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-1188

Status published

Products (5)

electronjs/electron 1.7.15

electronjs/electron 1.8.7

electronjs/electron 2.0.7

electronjs/electron 3.0.0 beta6

npm/electron 1.7.0 - 1.7.16npm

Published Aug 23, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026