CVE-2021-45980 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2021-45980?

CVE-2021-45980 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor, published on 4 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Foxit PDF Reader and PDF Editor before 11.1 on macOS allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via getURL in the JavaScript API.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45980?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Foxit Pdf Editor, Foxit Pdf Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2021-45980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Foxit Pdf Editor

• CVE-2022-28104 File upload in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24954 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24955 Other in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-91798 Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater Privilege Escalation High 8.8
• CVE-2026-91800 Foxit PDF Editor installer local privilege escalation High 8.8

All Foxit Pdf Editor vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g4fv-j2jw-rrw2.