QID 376836

Date Published: 2022-08-22

QID 376836: Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF Prior to 6.2.1 Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Foxit Reader is a multilingual freemium PDF tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files.
Foxit PhantomPDF Suite is a business ready PDF toolkit, used to create professional PDF documents.

Affected versions:
Foxit Reader version 6.2.0.429 and earlier
Foxit PhantomPDF version 6.2.0.429 and earlier
QID detection logic:(Authenticated)
This QID checks Windows Registry to get Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF installation path and then reads corresponding executable((FoxitReader.exe/FoxitPhantomPDF.exe)) to see if it's running a vulnerable version.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary javascript code on the target system.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.6 severity.

Solution

The vendor has issued a fix. For more information please visit Security updates available in Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF 6.2.1

Vendor References

Foxit Reader 6.2.1 and Foxit PhantomPDF 6.2.1 - www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

CVEs related to QID 376836

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF 6.2.1			www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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