CVE-2018-1000136

Public Exploit

Description

Electron version 1.7 up to 1.7.12; 1.8 up to 1.8.3 and 2.0.0 up to 2.0.0-beta.3 contains an improper handling of values vulnerability in Webviews that can result in remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via an app which allows execution of 3rd party code AND disallows node integration AND has not specified if webview is enabled/disabled. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.13, 1.8.4, 2.0.0-beta.4.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.86% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory electronjs.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix patch vendor advisory mitigation
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-nodeIntegration-Bypass/ third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000136?
CVE-2018-1000136 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000136?
To fix CVE-2018-1000136, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000136 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1000136 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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