What is CVE-2020-10890?

CVE-2020-10890 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxit Phantompdf, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-10890?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Foxit Phantompdf

CVE-2020-10890

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.7.0.29478. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the communication API. The issue lies in the handling of the ConvertToPDF command, which allows an arbitrary file write with attacker controlled data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9829.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-04-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php (Vendor Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-512/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10890?: CVE-2020-10890 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxit Phantompdf, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-10890?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.