Security advisory

{
  "id": "1134a0c395df2a5c89457215d3ba5bf32ff86954a907fe5145558f64b77a74b3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15685",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-15685",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-15685",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-15685",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-15685",
        "GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3v"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/electron/electron",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "9c466846edb243dc56899e62d04b0af46d88dc77"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5f372f7ecccffb11ba76bcebe4f6b233d7548388"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.7.15"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.7.15"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.7.15",
            "1.8.7",
            "2.0.7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-15685.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.497688913Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "electronjs:electron",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.0.0-beta6"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "3.0.0-beta6"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-15685",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432585,
  "published_at": "2018-08-23T05:29:00.227+00:00"
}