CVE-2018-15685

mediumpriority · attend · 46OT risk · highEPSS 0.104 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

10.4% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–10

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.07.7highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.110criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1188USprimaryCWE-1188USCWE-264US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-45272Electron WebPreferences - Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Electron Electron≤ 1.7.15fstec_bduRU
Electron Electron≤ 1.8.7fstec_bduRU
Electron Electron≤ 2.0.7fstec_bduRU
Electron Electron≤ 3.0.0-beta.6fstec_bduRU
electronjs electron= 1.7.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
electronjs electron= 1.8.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
electronjs electron= 2.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
electronjs electron= 3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm electron1.7.0 → 1.7.16osvUSpkg:npm/electron
npm electron1.8.0 → 1.8.8osvUSpkg:npm/electron
npm electron2.0.0 → 2.0.8osvUSpkg:npm/electron
npm electron3.0.0-beta.1 → 3.0.0-beta.7osvUSpkg:npm/electron

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3vElectron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution2018-08-23ghsa · osvUS
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. More information to determine if you are impacted can be found on the [electron blog](https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix). ## Recommendation Upgrade Electron to >=3.0.0-beta.7, >=2.0.8, >=1.8.8, or >=1.7.16.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-08-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix cnnvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/cnnvd
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fix enisa_euvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/enisa_euvd
https://electronjs.org/blog/web-preferences-fixMitigationVendor Advisorynvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45272/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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