Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
Stirling-PDF: Reflected XSS through crafted PDF metadata fields (Title and Author)
CVE-2026-41580
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
1- Range: <2.0.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.0.0mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-rjjx-43g5-mp76mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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