Improper Access Control Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,32.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.68% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1016272
  • published7 Oct 2020
  • disclosed6 Oct 2020
  • creditJeremy Rose, Samuel Attard

Introduced: 6 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 32.0.1 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. Apps using both contextIsolation and sandbox: true or nativeWindowOpen: true are affected. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1