Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions (,1.4.15)


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-479664
  • published 9 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2017
  • credit Unknown

Introduced: 4 Jan 2017

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 1.4.15 or higher.

Overview

electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection. A malicious user can create a specially crafted site which will be loaded in the preload script and would run in the main JavaScript context.