CVE-2019-17221
HIGHPhantomJS < 2.1.1 - Arbitrary File Read via XMLHttpRequest for file:// URI
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-17221. PoCs published by h4ckologic.
Description
PhantomJS through 2.1.1 has an arbitrary file read vulnerability, as demonstrated by an XMLHttpRequest for a file:// URI. The vulnerability exists in the page.open() function of the webpage module, which loads a specified URL and calls a given callback. An attacker can supply a specially crafted HTML file, as user input, that allows reading arbitrary files on the filesystem. For example, if page.render() is the function callback, this generates a PDF or an image of the targeted file. NOTE: this product is no longer developed.
Exploits (1)
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.darkmatter.ae/blogs/breaching-the-perimeter-phantomjs-arbitrary-file-read/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.1360
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-552
Status
published
Products (2)
npm/phantomjs
0npm
phantomjs/phantomjs
< 2.1.1
Published
Nov 05, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026