CVE-2026-41653 (GCVE-0-2026-41653)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 18:43 – Updated: 2026-05-07 19:01
VLAI?
Title
BentoPDF: Stored XSS via Markdown Editor Leading to Persistent File Exfiltration
Summary
BentoPDF is a client-side PDF toolkit that is self hostable. Prior to version 2.8.3, a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified in BentoPD. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary JavaScript in certain circumstances in Markdown to PDF Tool. This issue has been patched in version 2.8.3.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
alam00000 bentopdf Affected: < 2.8.3
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