Description
Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.0.0, Stirling-PDF's /get-info-on-pdf endpoint rendered PDF Title and Author metadata fields without proper HTML encoding or sanitization, allowing a crafted PDF to execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in the browser of a user who views the resulting page. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0.
Affected products
stirling: stirling pdf
References3
- github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA… ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA… ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.0.0 ProductRelease Notes
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.1
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 20 · as of 15 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-79
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