CVE-2018-15685: Electronjs Electron

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 10.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Electronjs Electron: version 1.7.15 only; version 1.8.7 only; version 2.0.7 only; version 3.0.0 only

Published 2018-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.