---
id: CVE-2024-21549
title: >-
  Versions of the package spatie/browsershot before 5.0.3 are vulnerable to
  Improper Input Validation due to improper URL validation in the setUrl method
summary: >-
  Versions of the package spatie/browsershot before 5.0.3 are vulnerable to
  Improper Input Validation due to improper URL validation in the setUrl method.
  An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by utilizing view-source:file://,
  which a…
severity: high
cvss: 8.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-20
published: '2024-12-20'
updated: '2026-08-06'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21549'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/commit/f791ce0ae8dd99367dbfa30588ee31e1196e1728
    label: report@snyk.io
  - url: 'https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/discussions/906'
    label: report@snyk.io
  - url: 'https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-SPATIEBROWSERSHOT-8533023'
    label: report@snyk.io
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00614
epssPercentile: 0.47169
ingestedAt: '2026-08-06T17:00:11.400Z'
---

## Overview

Versions of the package spatie/browsershot before 5.0.3 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper URL validation in the setUrl method. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by utilizing view-source:file://, which allows for arbitrary file reading on a local file.

**Note:**

This is a bypass of the fix for [CVE-2024-21544](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-SPATIEBROWSERSHOT-8496745).

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.