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CVE-2024-1648: electron-pdf 20.0.0 - Local File Read via Server Side XSS

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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 products

• electron-pdf: 20.0.0

References

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

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