PT-2024-18195 · Unknown · Electron-Pdf

Carlos Bello · Published 2024-02-19 · Updated 2025-12-03 · CVE-2024-1648

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions electron-pdf version 20.0.0

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For electron-pdf version 20.0.0, consider disabling the HTML content validation bypass as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive local files to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the application until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1648

GHSA-3JCV-5F9P-2F2P

Affected Products

Electron-Pdf

References · 15

• 🔥 https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/drake · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1648 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1648 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3jcv-5f9p-2f2p · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/TheFinalHop/status/1759937265160098268 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/71928 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/fluidattacks/status/1834278046502732046 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1760182610633056682 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fluidattacks/status/1836090740897665523 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/111080 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/fluidattacks/status/1782895977394831525 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/144680 · Telegram Post
• https://npmjs.com/package/electron-pdf · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1759744985141035119 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fluidattacks/status/1781103666990141646 · Twitter Post