THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-1000136
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1000136

Electron vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Electronjs
Affected product
Electron
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-03-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1000136

  • Confirm whether Electronjs Electron is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1000136.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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