CVE-2025-46568: Stirling-PDF Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)-Induced Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
Description
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-46568
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.7
CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Problem Types
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Affected Products
Vendor: Stirling-Tools
Product: Stirling-PDF
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-05-30 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46568https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-998c-x8hx-737r