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CVE-2024-1648

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

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsElectron PDFElectron PDF

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/drake
Product
Source: [email protected]
https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-pdf/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHFluid Attacks
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79NVD-CWE-noinfo

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