CVE-2026-41580 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		Stirling-PDF: Reflected XSS through crafted PDF metadata fields (Title and Author)
Weaknesses		CWE-79
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
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-07-15T14:56:36.902Z

Updated: 2026-07-15T15:33:13.431Z

Reserved: 2026-04-21T14:15:21.958Z

Link: CVE-2026-41580

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T15:33:01.500Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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