CVE-2020-7790
Arbitrary File Read
This affects the package spatie/browsershot from 0.0.0. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Arbitrary File Read
This affects the package spatie/browsershot from 0.0.0. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.
- Record
CVE-2020-7790- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5235
This affects the package spatie/browsershot from 0.0.0. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.
- Record
EUVD-2022-5235- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rv74-mh27-4jpv
browsershot local file inclusion vulnerability
This affects the package spatie/browsershot from 0.0.0. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.
- Record
GHSA-rv74-mh27-4jpv- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This affects the package spatie/browsershot from 0.0.0. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.
- Record
CVE-2020-7790- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rv74-mh27-4jpv
browsershot local file inclusion vulnerability
This affects the package spatie/browsershot from 0.0.0. By specifying a URL in the file:// protocol an attacker is able to include arbitrary files in the resultant PDF.
- Record
GHSA-rv74-mh27-4jpv- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
spatie/browsershotPackagist |
before 3.40.1 | 3.40.1 |
spatie/browsershotPackagist |
before 3.40.1, plus listed versions 0.1.00.1.10.1.20.1.31.0.0 Show 45 moreShow less1.1.01.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.3.01.4.01.5.01.5.11.5.21.5.31.5.41.6.01.7.01.8.01.9.01.9.12.0.02.0.12.0.22.0.32.1.02.2.02.3.02.4.02.4.12.4.23.0.03.1.03.10.03.11.03.11.13.12.03.13.03.14.03.14.13.15.03.16.03.16.13.17.03.18.03.19.03.2.03.2.1 |
3.40.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7790 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Spatie Browsershot, published December 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in spatie/browsershot 3.40.1.
References
Left out here: 41 versions. The JSON record has them.