CVE-2019-15138
Arbitrary File Read in html-pdf
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-15138- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-15138- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0718 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0718- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x4w5-r546-x9qh
Arbitrary File Read in html-pdf
All versions of html-pdf are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. The package fails to sanitize the HTML input, allowing attackers to exfiltrate server files by supplying malicious HTML code. XHR requests in the HTML code are executed by the server. Input with an XHR request such as request.open("GET","file:///etc/passwd") will result in a PDF document with the contents of /etc/passwd.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. There is a mitigation available in the provided reference.
- Record
GHSA-x4w5-r546-x9qh- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-79, CWE-200, CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-x4w5-r546-x9qh
Arbitrary File Read in html-pdf
All versions of html-pdf are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. The package fails to sanitize the HTML input, allowing attackers to exfiltrate server files by supplying malicious HTML code. XHR requests in the HTML code are executed by the server. Input with an XHR request such as request.open("GET","file:///etc/passwd") will result in a PDF document with the contents of /etc/passwd.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. There is a mitigation available in the provided reference.
- Record
GHSA-x4w5-r546-x9qh- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-668, CWE-73, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
html-pdfnpm |
before 3.0.1 | 3.0.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-15138 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Html-pdf Project Html-pdf, published September 20, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.83%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in html-pdf 3.0.1.
References
npmjs.com/advisories/1095
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0005
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15138
github.com/marcbachmann/node-html-pdf/issues/530