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Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF — Stirling-PDF: Reflected XSS through crafted PDF metadata fields (Title and Author)
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R C L L N 6.1 .0023 13.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Stirling-PDF < 2.0.0 – —
TIMELINE
Apr 21 Reserved by GitHub_M
Jul 15 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-41580 (Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF). Public exploit reference added.
Jul 15 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| July 15, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-41580 (Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF). Public exploit reference added. |
| July 15, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Stirling-Tools | Stirling-PDF | — | < 2.0.0 | — |
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