Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Foxit PDF Services API - CVE-2026-5936
Published: April 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125829
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-5936
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when creating PDFs from URLs. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Foxit PDF Services API
How to mitigate CVE-2026-5936
Install updates from vendor's website.