Sensitive file disclosure via malformed file URLs
Published Feb 5, 2025 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Local file inclusion in Spatie Browsershot before 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to read sensitive files through a crafted URL. The setUrl method trims input but relies on a protocol-prefix denylist that a newline-split file scheme bypasses before Chrome processes it. Exposure requires a consuming application to pass attacker-controlled URLs to Browsershot; exploitation discloses files readable by that process.
Summary
What happened
Local file inclusion in Spatie Browsershot before 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to read sensitive files through a crafted URL. The setUrl method trims input but relies on a protocol-prefix denylist that a newline-split file scheme bypasses before Chrome processes it. Exposure requires a consuming application to pass attacker-controlled URLs to Browsershot; exploitation discloses files readable by that process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1026
- Published
- Feb 5, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Spatie
- Product
- Browsershot
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.0.5
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Public exploit references
- Snyk newline-split file URL proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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