Unauthenticated internal-resource requests via unchecked image URLs
Published Aug 11, 2025 · Updated Aug 12, 2025
SSRF in Stirling PDF before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to make the server request internal resources through crafted HTML. The /api/v1/convert/html/pdf path preserves attacker-controlled image source URLs during OWASP HTML sanitization, and the downstream PDF converter dereferences them without network-destination checks. No authentication or user interaction is required when the endpoint is exposed, enabling requests to private, loopback, link-local, or cloud-metadata services.
Summary
What happened
SSRF in Stirling PDF before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to make the server request internal resources through crafted HTML. The /api/v1/convert/html/pdf path preserves attacker-controlled image source URLs during OWASP HTML sanitization, and the downstream PDF converter dereferences them without network-destination checks. No authentication or user interaction is required when the endpoint is exposed, enabling requests to private, loopback, link-local, or cloud-metadata services.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-55150
- Published
- Aug 11, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Stirling PDF
- Product
- Stirling PDF
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.1.0
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-xw8v-9mfm-g2pm proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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