Local file disclosure via unvalidated HTML iframes
Published Feb 19, 2024 · Updated Dec 3, 2025
Local file disclosure in pyhtml2pdf 0.0.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary host files through crafted HTML content. The converter sends unvalidated HTML to headless Chrome; file-scheme iframes load local paths and embed their contents in the returned PDF. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled HTML into the library, but no authentication or user interaction is required at that integration boundary.
Summary
What happened
Local file disclosure in pyhtml2pdf 0.0.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary host files through crafted HTML content. The converter sends unvalidated HTML to headless Chrome; file-scheme iframes load local paths and embed their contents in the returned PDF. Exploitation requires an application to pass attacker-controlled HTML into the library, but no authentication or user interaction is required at that integration boundary.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1647
- Published
- Feb 19, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 3, 2025
- Vendor
- pyhtml2pdf Project
- Product
- pyhtml2pdf
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=00.0.6
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Fluid Attacks local-file-read HTML proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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