Improper Input Validation Affecting electron package, versions <10.4.2 >=11.0.0 <11.4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1086695
  • published 25 Mar 2021
  • disclosed 18 Mar 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.2, 11.4.1 or higher.

Overview

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 Input Validation. It allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

6.5 medium