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TI-2025-29281 Aliases CVE-2025-46568

Stirling-PDF Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)-Induced Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Priority HIGH 73CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files. Prior to version 0.45.0, Stirling-PDF is vulnerable to SSRF-induced arbitrary file read. WeasyPrint redefines a set of HTML tags, including img, embed, object, and others. The references to several files inside, allow the attachment of content from any webpage or local file to a PDF. This allows the attacker to read any file on the server, including sensitive files and configuration files. All users utilizing this feature will be affected. This issue has been patched in version 0.45.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.005 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Stirling-PDF (Stirling-Tools): 0.45.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Stirling-ToolsStirling-PDFbefore 0.45.00.45.0Patch availableCNA
  • Stirling-PDF VendorStirling-Tools Affected before 0.45.0 Fixed in 0.45.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:stirlingpdf:stirling_pdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.45.0VulnerableStirlingpdf
  • cpe:2.3:a:stirlingpdf:stirling_pdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.45.0 Vulnerable ·Stirlingpdf

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Stirling-PDF (Stirling-Tools) Fixed in 0.45.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-46568

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-34843 Stirling-PDF SSRF vulnerability on /api/v1/convert/markdown/pdf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-34834 Stirling-PDF SSRF vulnerability on /api/v1/convert/file/pdf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-34833 Stirling-PDF SSRF vulnerability on /api/v1/convert/html/pdf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-74445 Code injection in Stirling-PDF via H2 database import CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-76934 Stirling-PDF H2 SQL denylist bypass allows Java method execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-41398 Stirling-PDF: Internal Service Account API Key Disclosure via Pipeline Endpoint CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
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Sources

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