CVE-2020-15174: Improper Input Validation

October 6, 2020 (updated November 18, 2021)

In Electron 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 As a workaround sandbox all your iframes using the sandbox attribute. This will prevent them creating top-frame navigations and is good practice anyway.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15174

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