CVE-2024-1648 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00183.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fraserxu	Electron-pdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fraserxu:electron-pdf:20.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-0489	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-3jcv-5f9p-2f2p	Cross-site Scripting in electron-pdf

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00135}`	epss `{'score': 0.00183}`

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Fraserxu Fraserxu electron-pdf
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:fraserxu:electron-pdf:20.0.0:::::node.js::
Vendors & Products		Fraserxu Fraserxu electron-pdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2024-02-20T00:01:50.680Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:48:21.883Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T22:00:56.677Z

Link: CVE-2024-1648

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:48:21.883Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-20T01:15:07.943

Modified: 2025-02-12T17:02:43.703

Link: CVE-2024-1648

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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