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CVE-2026-41580: Stirling-PDF: Reflected XSS through crafted PDF metadata fields (Title and Author)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-07-15 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-79

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 Pdf: before 2.0.0 — fixed in 2.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Stirling Pdf 2.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.0.0
• https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-rjjx-43g5-mp76
• https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-rjjx-43g5-mp76

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