THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6178
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6178

Fckeditor vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.8%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/filemanager/browser/default/connectors/php/connector.php in FCKeditor 2.2, as used in Falt4 CMS, Nuke ET, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating a file with PHP sequences preceded by a ZIP header, uploading this file via a FileUpload action with the application/zip content type, and then accessing this file via a direct request to the file in UserFiles/File/, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-4094. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Fckeditor
Affected product
Fckeditor
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-02-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6178

  • Confirm whether Fckeditor Fckeditor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6178.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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