electron-pdf 20.0.0 - Local File Read via Server Side XSS

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1648",
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    "title": "electron-pdf 20.0.0 - Local File Read via Server Side XSS",
    "summary": "electron-pdf version 20.0.0 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.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:27.079574695Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://registry.npmjs.org",
        "https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-pdf/",
        "https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/drake",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/1xxx/CVE-2024-1648.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1648"
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        "cna_assigner": "Fluid Attacks",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493608,
  "published_at": "2024-02-20T00:01:50.68+00:00"
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