In short
- CVE-2020-15174 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting electron (electronjs), electron.
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.4% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 10.0.1, 8.5.1, 9.3.0 or later.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| electron | ≥ 10.0.0, < 10.0.1≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.1≥ 9.0.0, < 9.3.0
| 10.0.18.5.19.3.0
|
| electron npm | ≥ 10.0.0-beta.0, < 10.0.1≥ 8.0.0-beta.0, < 8.5.1≥ 9.0.0-beta.0, < 9.3.0
| 10.0.18.5.19.3.0
|
Description
Impact
The will-navigate event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation across sites.
Patches
11.0.0-beta.110.0.19.3.08.5.1
Workarounds
Sandbox all your iframes using the sandbox attribute. This will prevent them creating top-frame navigations and is good practice anyway.
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NVD description
In Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 the `will-navigate` event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation across sites. The issue is patched in versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 As a workaround sandbox all your iframes using the sandbox attribute. This will prevent them creating top-frame navigations and is good practice anyway.
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