CVE-2022-43984 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Browsershot version 3.57.3 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not validate that the JS content imported from an external source passed to the Browsershot::html method does not contain URLs 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 0.00134.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Spatie	Browsershot

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:spatie:browsershot:3.57.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7259	Browsershot version 3.57.3 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not validate that the JS content imported from an external source passed to the Browsershot::html method does not contain URLs that use the file:// protocol.
Github GHSA	GHSA-6q49-35h6-rq2p	Browsershot version 3.57.3 vulnerable to improper input validation

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

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

Updated: 2025-04-29T14:37:41.012Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-43984

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:04.589Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-25T17:15:10.950

Modified: 2025-04-29T15:15:50.567

Link: CVE-2022-43984

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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