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CVE-2018-15685

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15685 describes a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in GitHub Electron versions 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6. This high-severity flaw, rated 8.1 CVSS, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by exploiting specific configurations involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options. While not actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there has been some community discussion regarding this "nodeIntegration bypass bug."

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:3.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45272 · Aug 27, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1043 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: electronFixed in: 1.7.16
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: electronFixed in: 1.8.8
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: electronFixed in: 2.0.8
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: electronFixed in: 3.0.0-beta.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-hv9c-qwqg-qj3vhigh

Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution

Aug 23, 2018

References

electronjs.org / blog/web-preferences-fix
MitigationVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45272
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry