CVE-2024-1648

electron-pdf 20.0.0 - Local File Read via Server Side XSS

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Feb 20, 2024
Updated: Dec 3, 2025
Reserved: Feb 19, 2024

Description

electron-pdf version 20.0.0 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain

arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not

validate the HTML content entered by the user.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	Fluid Attacks

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
electron-pdfelectron-pdf	20.0.0Affected

References

https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-pdf/
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/drake

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