CVE-2018-3770 — A path traversal exists in markdown-pdf version <9.0.0 that allows a user to insert a malicious html code that can result in reading the local files

MEDIUM

A path traversal exists in markdown-pdf version <9.0.0 that allows a user to insert a malicious html code that can result in reading the local files

Published Jul 20, 2018

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.50%

A path traversal exists in markdown-pdf version <9.0.0 that allows a user to insert a malicious html code that can result in reading the local files.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
9.0.0	affected	-

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed
npm	markdown-pdf	0	9.0.0

No remediation recorded yet.

0.50% 0.00501

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00501

2021–2026

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.50% (0.00501)	40.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.50% (0.00501)	41.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	27.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	26.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00062)	24.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7c9-jqhq-vr3v		Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/360727		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3770
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/991