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.
Basic information
- Type
- reviewed
- Severity
- high
- Advisory on GitHub
- Open advisory ↗
- Repository advisory
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- Source code
- Not specified
- Published (advisory)
- 2024-02-20 03:30:57 UTC
- Updated
- 2026-03-20 05:02:58 UTC
- GitHub reviewed
- 2024-02-21 00:16:32 UTC
- NVD published
- 2024-02-19
EPSS Score
| Score |
Percentile |
|
0.24%
|
46.73% |
CVSS Scores
| Base score |
Version |
Severity |
Vector |
|
7.5
|
3.1 |
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|
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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- Attack vector (AV:N)
- Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
- Attack complexity (AC:L)
- Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
- Privileges required (PR:N)
- No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
- User interaction (UI:N)
- Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
- Scope (S:U)
- Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
- Confidentiality (C:H)
- Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
- Integrity (I:N)
- Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
- Availability (A:N)
- Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
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CWEs
| CWE id |
Name |
|
CWE-79
|
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') |
Affected packages (1)
Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.
| Ecosystem |
Package |
Vulnerable range |
First patched |
Vulnerable functions |
| npm |
electron-pdf |
<= 20.0.0 |
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