CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:LCVE-2020-15174
High (7.5) in electronjs electron. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in electron 10.0.1, 8.5.1, 9.3.0.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-693
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- electronjs:electron
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674 | npm | electron | >=8.0.0-beta.0 <8.5.1 | 8.5.1 |
| GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674 | npm | electron | >=9.0.0-beta.0 <9.3.0 | 9.3.0 |
| GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674 | npm | electron | >=10.0.0-beta.0 <10.0.1 | 10.0.1 |
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/18613925610ba319da7f497b6deed85ad712c59b
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/18613925610ba319da7f497b6deed85ad712c59b
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674