CVE-2022-43983 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Browsershot version 3.57.2 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not validate that the HTML content passed to the Browsershot::html method does not contain URL's that use the file:// protocol.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Spatie Subscribe	Browsershot Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:spatie:browsershot:3.57.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7274	Browsershot version 3.57.2 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not validate that the HTML content passed to the Browsershot::html method does not contain URL's that use the file:// protocol.
Github GHSA	GHSA-82h9-v8vh-mfpq	Browsershot vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/khalid/
https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/

History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		Browsershot 3.57.2 - Server Side XSS to LFR via HTML

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2022-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-03T20:05:20.438Z

Reserved: 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43983

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:04.601Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-25T17:15:10.897

Modified: 2025-04-29T15:15:50.410

Link: CVE-2022-43983

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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