CVE-2021-45980

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-45980 · Published 04/01/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-45980 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting pdf editor (foxit), pdf reader (foxit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 75.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 11.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pdf editor foxit	`< 11.1`	`11.1`
pdf reader foxit	`< 11.1`	`11.1`

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

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 11.1

11.1

< 11.1

11.1

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