Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.0.0, the Get Info workflow in app/core/src/main/resources/templates/security/get-info-on-pdf.html inserts untrusted PDF Title and Author metadata into the summary-text element with innerHTML, allowing a malicious PDF to execute stored cross-site scripting when a user clicks Get Info and to access browser-session data or modify page content. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0.
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Description Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.0.0, the Get Info workflow in app/core/src/main/resources/templates/security/get-info-on-pdf.html inserts untrusted PDF Title and Author metadata into the summary-text element with innerHTML, allowing a malicious PDF to execute stored cross-site scripting when a user clicks Get Info and to access browser-session data or modify page content. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0.
Title Stirling PDF: Stored XSS in Info Summary
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T17:58:22.857Z

Reserved: 2026-03-19T18:45:22.437Z

Link: CVE-2026-33437

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T18:16:35.650

Modified: 2026-08-17T18:16:35.650

Link: CVE-2026-33437

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T20:00:04Z

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