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External Control of File Name or Path

CVE-2026-126779

High
8.7/10

Summary

Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows attackers to read server files by supplying root-relative references in HTML passed to setHtml(). Attackers can embed iframe, img, link or script elements referencing paths like /etc/passwd, which resolve to file:// URLs and render file contents into the returned PDF or screenshot.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

The software allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published