CVE-2024-21544: Versions of the package spatie/browsershot before 5.0.1 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper URL validation through the...

7.7 CVSS

Description

Versions of the package spatie/browsershot before 5.0.1 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper URL validation through the setUrl method.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using leading whitespace (%20) before the file:// protocol, resulting in Local File Inclusion, which allows the attacker to read sensitive files on the server.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-21544

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.7

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: spatie/browsershot

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-SPATIEBROWSERSHOT-8496745
https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/blob/1e212b596c104138550ed4ef1b9977d8df570c67/src/Browsershot.php%23L258-L269
https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/commit/fae8396641b961f62bd756920b14f01a4391296e

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