Arbitrary File Read Affecting spatie/browsershot package, versions >=0.0.0, <3.40.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-SPATIEBROWSERSHOT-1037064
  • published 13 Dec 2020
  • disclosed 4 Nov 2020
  • credit Anand

How to fix?

Upgrade spatie/browsershot to version 3.40.1 or higher.

Overview

spatie/browsershot is a library for converting a webpage to an image or pdf using headless Chrome.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.3 medium