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CVE-2020-15174 (GCVE-0-2020-15174)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-06 17:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:08

Title

Unpreventable top-level navigation in Electron

Summary

In Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 the `will-navigate` event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation across sites. The issue is patched in versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 As a workaround sandbox all your iframes using the sandbox attribute. This will prevent them creating top-frame navigations and is good practice anyway.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

CWE

CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7658 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/18613…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
electron	electron	Affected: >= 8.0.0-beta.0, < 8.5.1 Affected: >= 9.0.0-beta.0, < 9.3.0 Affected: >= 10.0.0-beta.0, < 10.0.1	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2020-15174

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-10-06 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:56

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Summary

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/18613925610ba319da7f497b6deed85ad712c59b	Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/18613925610ba319da7f497b6deed85ad712c59b	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*

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GHSA-2Q4G-W47C-4674

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-10-06 14:24 – Updated: 2021-11-19 14:44

Summary

Unpreventable top-level navigation

Details

Impact

The will-navigate event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation across sites.

Patches

11.0.0-beta.1
10.0.1
9.3.0
8.5.1

Workarounds

Sandbox all your iframes using the sandbox attribute. This will prevent them creating top-frame navigations and is good practice anyway.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Email us at security@electronjs.org

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Unpreventable top-level navigation"
}

GSD-2020-15174

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

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CVE-2020-15174

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CVE-2020-15174

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