4.3

CVE-2012-4000: ckeditor fckeditor Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-2522-1
Published 12-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4000 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor fckeditor. EPSS estimates a 4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_textinputs_var function in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via textinputs array parameters.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (disse.cting.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    FCKEditor Core - 'Editor 'spellchecker.php' Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ckeditor1 product
  • fckeditor≤ 2.6.7 | 0.8:beta | 0.8.5:beta | 0.9.0:beta | 0.9.1:beta | 0.9.2:beta | 0.9.3:beta | 0.9.4:beta | 0.9.5:beta | 1.0 | 1.0:fc | 1.0:rc1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.4 | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0:beta1 | 2.0:beta2 | 2.0:fc | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0:rc3 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3:beta | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.4 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.5 | 2.5:beta | 2.5.1 | 2.6:beta | 2.6:rc | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.3:beta | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4:beta | 2.6.4.1 | 2.6.5
Debian1 product
  • fckeditor< 1:2.6.6-1squeeze1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links