CVE-2009-2265
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 83.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the input to unspecified connector modules, as exploited in the wild for remote code execution in July 2009, related to the file browser and the editor/filemanager/connectors/ directory.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- ColdFusion 8.0.1 Arbitrary File Upload and Execute (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/coldfusion_fckeditorRank excellentdisclosed 3 Jul 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe ColdFusion 8 - Remote Command Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50057webapps, cfmpublished 24 Jun 2021Not verified
- ColdFusion 8.0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16788webapps, cfmpublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.9% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- ADV-2009-1825 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=695430 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7761 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35833 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [Zope-dev] 20090706 zope.html with FCKEditor security fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1022513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6724 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20090703 [oCERT-2009-007] FCKeditor input sanitization errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163271/Adobe-ColdFusion-8-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-2261 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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