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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2019-15138 json

Arbitrary File Read in html-pdf

published 2019-09-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-x4w5-r546-x9qh , EUVD-2019-0718

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The html-pdf package 2.2.0 for Node.js has an arbitrary file read vulnerability via an HTML file that uses XMLHttpRequest to access a file:/// URL.

Patch / fix

  • npm html-pdf 3.0.1
  • html-pdf_project html-pdf 3.0.1

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • npmjs.com https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1095 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm html-pdf
<3.0.1
3.0.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.