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Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

CVE-2018-15685

High
8.1/10

Summary

GitHub Electron 1.7 before 1.7.15, 1.8 before 1.8.7, 2.0 before 2.0.7, and 3.0 before 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.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-1188 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

The software initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.

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  • Published