CVE-2018-15685
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.43% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 August 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Affected
- electronjs/electron
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 9.3% on 21 September 2026 to 10.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fixMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fixMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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