CVE-2014-4037: ckeditor fckeditor Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-4037 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor fckeditor. EPSS estimates a 2.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 11-06-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor before 2.6.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an array key in the textinputs[] parameter, a different issue than CVE-2012-4000.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.51% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ckeditor1 product
- fckeditor≤ 2.6.10
1 vendor · 1 product
References
3 links- packetstormsecurity.com/files/126902/FCKeditor-2.6.10-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlX Refsource MISCExploit