{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14418 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14418 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-14418 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in pdfforge PDF Architect, published on 23 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14418 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-14418 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in pdfforge PDF Architect, published on 23 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14418 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: pdfforge PDF Architect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14418/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14418/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-14418","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14418/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-14418","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j9ww-r83m-pmm3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"PDF Architect","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious XLS files due to missing UI warnings.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"zdi","cpe":[{"product":"pdf_architect","vendor":"pdfforge"}],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-356","name":"Missing User Interaction for Potentially Unsafe Action"}],"description":"pdfforge PDF Architect XLS File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of pdfforge PDF Architect. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the processing of XLS files. The issue results from allowing the execution of dangerous script without user warning. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27502.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect XLS File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14418","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect PDF File Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14419"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect Launch Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14417"},"products":["PDF Architect"],"published":"2025-12-23","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect Launch Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14417","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect PDF File Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14419","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect CBZ File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14420","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-19150","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-11-10"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect DOC File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14416","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-23"},{"cvss_score":3.3,"headline":"pdfforge PDF Architect PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14421","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-12-30","vendors":["pdfforge"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious XLS files due to missing UI warnings.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14418/"}