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CVE-2026-91788

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When implementing the JavaScript interface, Foxit PDF Editor/Reader did not perform the attribute authorization checks required by the specification.

Vendor / product: Foxit — pdf editor

When implementing the JavaScript interface, Foxit PDF Editor/Reader did not perform the attribute authorization checks required by the specification. As a result, a trusted malicious PDF could potentially access sensitive content from other documents within the same process and transmit it externally.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-23 08:17
Modified: 2026-10-29 17:11
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 5 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-29 17:16 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

foxit / pdf_editor ≤13.2.6.24111, ≥14.0.0.33046 ≤14.0.7.33751, ≥2023.1.0.15510 ≤2023.3.0.23028, ≥2024.1.0.23997 ≤2024.4.1.27687, ≥2025.1.0.27937 ≤2025.3.0.35737, ≥2026.1.0.36452 ≤2026.2.0.39747
foxit / pdf_reader ≤2026.2.0.39747, ≤2026.2.0.72029

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-29 17:16 UTC · record ↗

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