CVE-2025-53626 (GCVE-0-2025-53626)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-10 18:49 – Updated: 2025-07-10 19:08
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Title
pdfme has Sandbox Escape and Prototype Pollution vulnerabilities in pdfme expression evaluation
Summary
pdfme is a TypeScript-based PDF generator and React-based UI. The expression evaluation feature in pdfme 5.2.0 to 5.4.0 contains critical vulnerabilities allowing sandbox escape leading to XSS and prototype pollution attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.4.1.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Vendor Product Version
pdfme pdfme Affected: >= 5.2.0, < 5.4.1
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