Foxit PDF Editor < 13.2.6 / 14.0.6 / 2026.1.3 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 335431

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Synopsis

A PDF toolkit installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

According to its version, the Foxit PDF Editor application (previously named Foxit PhantomPDF) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2026.1.3/14.0.6/13.2.6. It is, therefore affected by vulnerability:

- Foxit PDF Editor/Reader inconsistently alerts users when signature fields are abnormally modified, including alterations to appearance, coordinates, or field duplication. This may mislead users into trusting tampered documents, since the UI cannot accurately reflect the actual integrity status of signatures. (CVE-2026-18622)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit PDF Editor version 13.2.6 / 14.0.6 / 2026.1.3 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 335431

File Name: foxit_pdf_editor_2026_1_3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/14/2026

Updated: 9/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-18622

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantom, cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/FoxitPhantomPDF

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18622

IAVA: 2026-A-0999

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