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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:01:54.447Z

Reserved: 2018-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-15685

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-23T05:29:00.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:16.493

Link: CVE-2018-15685

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