Medium

@jmondi/url-to-png contains a Path Traversal vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 15.07.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

When trying to add a BLOCK_LIST feature when the maintainer noticed they didn't sanitize the ImageId in the code, which leads to path traversal vulnerability. Now, this is different from a traditional path traversal issue, because as of NOW you can store the image in any place arbitrarily, and given enough time they might be able to come up with a working exploit BUT for the time being they am reporting this.

Details

@jmondi/url-to-png does not sanitizing the ImageID as in not removing special chars from the params (extract_query_params.ts#l75)

js
const imageId = dateString + "." + slugify(validData.url) +configToString(params);

This when fed to other parts of the code such as (filesystem.ts#L34)

js
return path.join(this.storagePath, imageId) + ".png";

Would result in path traversal issue.

PoC

# Configuration for filesystem storage provider (optional)
STORAGE_PROVIDER=filesystem
IMAGE_STORAGE_PATH=poc

Set this in your .env file and use this as your payload.

http://localhost:3089/?url=http://example.com&width=400&isDarkMode=../../../../../../../../../../../../tmp/hack

This will create a .png file in the /tmp section of the system.

Loom POC: https://www.loom.com/share/bd7b306cdae7445c97e68f0626e743a6

This is valid for pretty much all the arguments (except for numeric values)

A simple fix would be to use the slugify for the params as well like so (#L75)

diff
- const imageId = dateString + "." + slugify(validData.url) + configToString(params);
+ const imageId = dateString + "." + slugify(validData.url) + slugify(configToString(params));

Impact

This would be path traversal vulnerability which allows arbitrary write as of now.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @jmondi/url-to-png < 2.1.2 2.1.2

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
npm
Package
@jmondi/url-to-png
Disclosed
15.07.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-vvmv-wrvp-9gjr - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @jmondi/url-to-png

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
06.2024 07.2024
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 3
  2. 2025: 0
  3. 2026: 0
  1. @jmondi/url-to-png contains a Path Traversal vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2024-39918 < 2.1.2 2.1.2

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