CVE-2024-21549 HIGH

CVE-2024-21549

Vendor N/A
Product spatie/browsershot
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published December 20, 2024
Last update October 1, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Versions of the package spatie/browsershot before 5.0.3 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper URL validation through the setUrl method. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by utilizing view-source:file://, which allows for arbitrary file reading on a local file. **Note:** This is a bypass of the fix for [CVE-2024-21544](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-SPATIEBROWSERSHOT-8496745).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 20, 2024 CVE published
October 1, 2025 Record updated