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CVE-2018-15685

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1188

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.

Affected products

• electron: 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, 3.0.0-beta6

References

• https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/
• https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/

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