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CVE-2018-1000136 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix	CVE	MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-nodeIntegration-Bypass/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix	[email protected]	MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-nodeIntegration-Bypass/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
electronjs electron	>= 1.7.0, <= 1.7.12 > 1.8.0, <= 1.8.3 2.0.0 2.0.0 beta1 2.0.0 beta2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:2.0.0:beta4:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
May 1, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 20, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]