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.

Remediation

References

https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix

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

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Severity

Critical

Classification

CWE-1188 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Mitigation Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry