What is CVE-2022-41706?

CVE-2022-41706 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spatie Browsershot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2022-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-41706?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

XSS in Spatie Browsershot

CVE-2022-41706

Browsershot version 3.57.2 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not validate the URL protocol passed to the Browsershot::url method.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-11-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Spatie Browsershot — versions 3.57.2
Browsershot — versions 3.57.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/spatie/browsershot/ (Product)
fluidattacks.com/advisories/eminem/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41706?: CVE-2022-41706 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spatie Browsershot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2022-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-41706?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.