id: node-integration-enabled info: name: Electron Applications - Cross-Site Scripting & Remote Code Execution author: me9187 severity: critical description: | Electron Applications is susceptible to remote code execution by way of cross-site scripting via nodeIntegration by calling require('child_process').exec('COMMAND');. reference: - https://blog.yeswehack.com/yeswerhackers/exploitation/pentesting-electron-applications/ - https://book.hacktricks.xyz/pentesting/pentesting-web/xss-to-rce-electron-desktop-apps tags: electron,file,nodejs file: - extensions: - all matchers: - type: word words: - "nodeIntegration: true" # digest: 4a0a00473045022070caab60eefc323b37e341d70c757d85c7fedf66d0e35b51a425a8aa7ec6c847022100bca4045fc5d68b14d123532d732daa73ffbc5af0e124764325706d859da74e9f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950