About “Electron”

A curated feed of “Electron”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 147 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 62 were published. Average CVSS is 7.3 (all time; 7.4 over 365d), and 61% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'), CWE-416 - Use After Free.

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CVSS ≥ 0.0
2020-08-29
High

CVE-2020-25019

jitsi-meet-electron (aka Jitsi Meet Electron) before 2.3.0 calls the Electron shell.openExternal function without verifying that the URL is for an http or https resource, in some circumstances.

2020-07-07
High

CVE-2020-4077

In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context an…

High

CVE-2020-4076

In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context an…

Medium

CVE-2020-4075

In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, arbitrary local file read is possible by defining unsafe window options on a child window opened via window.open. As a workaround, ensure y…

Medium

CVE-2020-15096

In Electron before versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated…

2020-04-28
Medium

CVE-2020-11014

Electron-Cash-SLP before version 3.6.2 has a vulnerability. All token creators that use the "Mint Tool" feature of the Electron Cash SLP Edition are at risk of sending the minting authority baton to…

2020-04-23
Critical

CVE-2020-12079

Beaker before 0.8.9 allows a sandbox escape, enabling system access and code execution. This occurs because Electron context isolation is not used, and therefore an attacker can conduct a prototype-p…

2020-03-18
Medium

CVE-2020-9443

Zulip Desktop before 4.0.3 loaded untrusted content in an Electron webview with web security disabled, which can be exploited for XSS in a number of ways. This especially affects Zulip Desktop 2.3.82.

2020-01-22
High

CVE-2011-3582

A Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in Advanced Electron Forums (AEF) through 1.0.9 due to inadequate confirmation for sensitive transactions in the administrator functions.

2020-01-09
Critical

CVE-2019-20374

A mutation cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Typora through 0.9.9.31.2 on macOS and through 0.9.81 on Linux leads to Remote Code Execution through Mermaid code blocks. To exploit this vulnerability…

2019-10-16
Critical

CVE-2019-17625

There is a stored XSS in Rambox 0.6.9 that can lead to code execution. The XSS is in the name field while adding/editing a service. The problem occurs due to incorrect sanitization of the name field…

2018-08-23
High

CVE-2018-15685

GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnera…

2018-06-29
Medium

CVE-2018-13000

An XSS issue was discovered in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) v1.0.9. A persistent XSS vulnerability is located in the `FTP Link` element of the `Private Message` module. The editor of the private mes…

2018-06-07
Critical

CVE-2017-16151

Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that access…

2018-05-31
Medium

CVE-2016-10534

electron-packager is a command line tool that packages Electron source code into `.app` and `.exe` packages. along with Electron. The `--strict-ssl` command line option in electron-packager >= 5.2.1…

2018-03-23
High

CVE-2018-1000136

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…

2018-03-07
High

CVE-2018-1000118

Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via t…

2018-01-24
High

CVE-2018-1000006

GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that…

2018-01-02
Medium

CVE-2017-1000424

Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.

2017-08-06
High

CVE-2017-12581

GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or ear…

2016-04-25
High

CVE-2016-1202

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.

2013-06-30
Critical

CVE-2013-4735

The Digital Alert Systems DASDEC EAS device before 2.0-2 and the Monroe Electronics R189 One-Net EAS device before 2.0-2 have a default password for an administrative account, which makes it easier f…

2011-09-23
Medium

CVE-2011-3700

Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrat…

2009-07-20
Medium

CVE-2009-2546

Directory traversal vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.x allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via the avatargalfile parameter when changing an avatar, w…

Medium

CVE-2009-2545

SQL injection vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.x, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the filename in an uploaded attachme…

2008-11-14
Critical

CVE-2008-5090

Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via PHP code embedded in bbcode in the email parameter, which is processed by the preg_replace…

2008-04-27
Medium

CVE-2008-1983

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the beg parameter in a members action to index.php.